DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION
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1. A display device, provided on an apparatus as an object of control operated in one operational mode selected by a user from a plurality of operational modes, said display device comprising:
- a display unit displaying information corresponding to said selected operational mode to the user; and
a display control unit dividing said display unit to a plurality of areas, and displaying information while maintaining arrangement of divided areas even when said selected operational mode is changed;
whereinsaid display control unit displays same or similar information in an area arranged at the same position in each operational mode;
in a first area among the plurality of areas, preview information displaying, before execution, expected result of a process to be executed by said apparatus as the object of control, is displayed;
in a second area among the plurality of areas, information allowing selection of a function to be executed by said apparatus as the object of control is displayed; and
said display control unit displays, in response to selection of a function displayed on said second area, an expected result of a process executed by the selected function in said first area.
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Abstract
On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, pieces of information are displayed divided into five areas, that is, a system area , a function selecting area , a preview area , an action panel area and a task trigger area , of which arrangement is kept unchanged even when operational modes are switched. With such an arrangement, the same or similar pieces of information are displayed on an area arranged at the same position even in different operational modes.
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1. A display device, provided on an apparatus as an object of control operated in one operational mode selected by a user from a plurality of operational modes, said display device comprising:
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a display unit displaying information corresponding to said selected operational mode to the user; and a display control unit dividing said display unit to a plurality of areas, and displaying information while maintaining arrangement of divided areas even when said selected operational mode is changed;
whereinsaid display control unit displays same or similar information in an area arranged at the same position in each operational mode; in a first area among the plurality of areas, preview information displaying, before execution, expected result of a process to be executed by said apparatus as the object of control, is displayed; in a second area among the plurality of areas, information allowing selection of a function to be executed by said apparatus as the object of control is displayed; and said display control unit displays, in response to selection of a function displayed on said second area, an expected result of a process executed by the selected function in said first area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying information on a display device provided on an apparatus as an object of control operated in one operational mode selected by a user from a plurality of operational modes, said method comprising the steps of;
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displaying, on a display unit of said display device, information corresponding to said selected operational mode; dividing said display unit to a plurality of areas, and displaying information while maintaining arrangement of divided areas even when said selected operational mode is changed; displaying same or similar information in an area arranged at the same position in each operational mode; displaying, in a first area among the plurality of areas, preview information displaying, before execution, expected result of a process to be executed by said apparatus as the object of control; displaying, in a second area among the plurality of areas, information allowing selection of a function to be executed by said apparatus as the object of control; and displaying, in response to selection of a function displayed on said second area, an expected result of a process executed by the selected function in said first area. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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