INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• US 20140285439A1
• Filed: 03/19/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: OISHI, Keiko
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/502 relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0219 Special purpose keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0235 using chord techniques G06F3/0234 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An image processing apparatus including a first region, and a first display portion provided in the first region. The first display portion is configured so that a key for an operation is displayed on the first display portion. The image processing apparatus further includes a second region provided outside the first region. The second region is configured to receive an operation. The image processing apparatus includes a second display portion configured to display information based on the operation on the first display portion and the operation on the second region.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a first region;

a first display portion disposed in the first region, a key for an operation being displayed on the first display portion;

a second region disposed outside the first region, the second region being configured to receive an operation; and

a second display portion configured to display information based on the operation on the first display portion and the operation on the second region.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a touch panel,

wherein the touch panel includes the first display portion, the second region and the second display portion.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a touch panel and a casing portion disposed along a periphery of the touch panel,

wherein the first display portion is displayed on the touch panel, and

wherein the second region and the second display portion are disposed in the casing portion.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least two second regions are disposed on at least two sides among upper, lower, left and right sides of the first region.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least two second regions are disposed in at two positions facing each other with the first region disposed therebetween.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein four second regions are disposed on upper, lower, left and right sides of the first region.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least two second regions are disposed in at least two positions facing at least two edges of the first region directed in different directions.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that controls the first display portion;

wherein, if the key of the first display portion is operated, the control unit changes a region in the first region outside the operated key to the second region.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that controls the first display portion;

wherein, if the key of the first display portion is operated, the control unit changes a region in the first region outside the operated key to the second region, and divides the second region into a plurality of sections,

wherein the control unit causes the second display portion to display different information based on which of the plurality of sections of the second region is operated.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display portion includes a plurality of letter keys each of which is capable of selecting a plurality of letters,

wherein the letter selected by the operation on the first display portion is changed by the operation on the second region.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display portion changes display contents when the second region is touched while the first display portion is being touched.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display portion changes display contents when the second region is touched after the first display portion is touched.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display portion determines display contents after a touch is released from the first display portion.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function switching unit that switches functions of the second display portion.

15. An image forming apparatus configured as the image processing apparatus according to claim 1.

16. The image forming apparatus according to claim 15, comprising an image forming section and an image reading section,

wherein operational conditions of the image forming section and the image reading section are set or changed by the operation on the second display portion.