DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A display device provided on an apparatus as an object of control, comprising:
- a display unit displaying, on an approximately rectangular planar display area, information to be notified to a user;
a display control unit dividing said planar display area into a plurality of areas and displaying information with a first display area displaying a first information and a second display area displaying second information arranged next to each other; and
an area changing unit, changing manner of display of said first information, and thereby changing width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said first display area and width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said second display area, to display information;
whereinsaid first information includes setting information for setting a function of said apparatus as the object of control; and
said second information includes preview information displaying, before execution, expected result of a process executed by the function set using said first information in said apparatus as the object of control.
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Abstract
On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, a function selecting area and a preview area are displayed next to each other. On the function selecting area, a function setting menu is displayed in one display mode among an icon mode in which only a group of icons are displayed, a regular mode in which a group of icons and a group of texts are displayed, and an express mode in which a group of icons, a group of texts and a group of function setting buttons are displayed. In the icon mode, detailed preview information is displayed on a large preview area, and in the express mode, detailed function selecting information is displayed on a large function selecting area.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A display device provided on an apparatus as an object of control, comprising:
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a display unit displaying, on an approximately rectangular planar display area, information to be notified to a user; a display control unit dividing said planar display area into a plurality of areas and displaying information with a first display area displaying a first information and a second display area displaying second information arranged next to each other; and an area changing unit, changing manner of display of said first information, and thereby changing width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said first display area and width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said second display area, to display information;
whereinsaid first information includes setting information for setting a function of said apparatus as the object of control; and said second information includes preview information displaying, before execution, expected result of a process executed by the function set using said first information in said apparatus as the object of control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of displaying information on a display unit of a display device provided on an apparatus as an object of control,
said display unit having an approximately rectangular planar display area and displaying information to be notified to a user, said method comprising the steps of dividing said planar display area into a plurality of areas and displaying information with a first display area displaying a first information and a second display area displaying second information arranged next to each other; -
changing manner of display of said first information, and thereby changing width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said first display area and width along the longitudinal direction of said planar display area of said second display area, to display information;
whereinsaid first information includes setting information for setting a function of said apparatus as the object of control; and said second information includes preview information displaying, before execution, expected result of a process executed by the function set using said first information in said apparatus as the object of control. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification