OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An operating device, comprising:
- a display controller for causing a display section of an electrical apparatus to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus;
an instruction receiver for receiving an instruction to designate a content of each setting from the user during the display of the reception screen for each setting by the display controller;
a display format receiver for receiving a display format selection instruction from the user to select a user'"'"'s desired display format from at least two of a wizard display format for successively interactively displaying the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver, a list display format for displaying a list of the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver and a menu display format for displaying images indicating contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver on one screen; and
a storage for storing the display format received by the display format receiver while relating it to the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver.
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Abstract
A multi function peripheral is provided with a display controller for causing a display section to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus, an instruction receiver for receiving an instruction to designate a content of each setting from the user, a display format receiver for receiving an instruction to select any one of a wizard display format, a list display format and a menu display format from the user, and a storage for storing the display format received by the display format receiver while relating it to the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver.
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19 Claims
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1. An operating device, comprising:
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a display controller for causing a display section of an electrical apparatus to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus; an instruction receiver for receiving an instruction to designate a content of each setting from the user during the display of the reception screen for each setting by the display controller; a display format receiver for receiving a display format selection instruction from the user to select a user'"'"'s desired display format from at least two of a wizard display format for successively interactively displaying the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver, a list display format for displaying a list of the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver and a menu display format for displaying images indicating contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver on one screen; and a storage for storing the display format received by the display format receiver while relating it to the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16)
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8. An operating device, comprising:
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a display controller for causing a display section of an electrical apparatus to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus; a storage for storing any one of a wizard display format for successively interactively displaying contents of the respective settings, a list display format for displaying a list of the contents of the respective settings and a menu display format for displaying images indicating the contents of the respective settings on one screen while relating it to the contents of the respective settings based on selection of the display format by a user; and a start instruction receiver for receiving a reception start instruction for contents of the respective settings on the function executable in the electrical apparatus from the user, wherein the display controller causes the display section to display a reception screen for each setting on the function executable in the electrical apparatus in the display format stored in the storage while being related to the contents of the respective settings when the reception start instruction is received by the start instruction receiver. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19)
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Specification