OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• US 20170018379A1
• Filed: 03/03/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: OTAGIRI, Kei, ONO, Yuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,941,066 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/023 Light-emitting indicators for multi-layer switches H01H13/83
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/036 Light emitting elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/182 Illumination of the symbols or distinguishing marks H01H9/181 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00384 Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen

Abstract

An operating device includes a first light source that emits light; a second light source that emits light; a light transmission member that includes a light transmission portion through which the light emitted from the first light source and the light emitted from the second light source are transmitted; and an accepting unit which has a substantially quadrilateral shape, which has four corners, which is disposed between the first light source and the second light source, which is provided such that an extension line of a diagonal that connects two of the four corners to each other passes through the first light source and the second light source, and which accepts an operation to be performed on an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium.

Claims

1. An operating device comprising:

a first light source that emits light;

a second light source that emits light;

a light transmission member that includes a light transmission portion through which the light emitted from the first light source and the light emitted from the second light source are transmitted; and

an accepting unit that has a substantially quadrilateral shape and that has four corners, the accepting unit being disposed between the first light source and the second light source, the accepting unit being provided such that an extension line of a diagonal that connects two of the four corners to each other passes through the first light source and the second light source, the accepting unit accepting an operation to be performed on an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium.

2. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the accepting unit is provided such that a midpoint of the diagonal is aligned with a midpoint of a line segment that connects the first light source and the second light source to each other.

3. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the light transmission portion is substantially ring-shaped.

4. The operating device according to claim 3, wherein the light transmission portion is substantially ring-shaped around a predetermined location as a center, and

wherein the light transmission portion is provided such that the center of the light transmission portion is aligned with a midpoint of a line segment that connects the first light source and the second light source to each other.

5. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the light transmission portion is substantially ring-shaped and rectangular, the light transmission portion including four side portions, the light transmission portion being provided such that, of the four side portions, two side portions that extend in one direction are provided along the diagonal.

6. The operating device according to claim 5, wherein the light transmission portion is substantially ring-shaped and rectangular around a predetermined location as a center, and

wherein the light transmission portion is provided such that the center of the light transmission portion is aligned with a midpoint of a line segment that connects the first light source and the second light source to each other.

7. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium;

a first light source that emits light;

a second light source that emits light;

a light transmission member that includes a light transmission portion through which the light emitted from the first light source and the light emitted from the second light source are transmitted; and

an accepting unit that has a substantially quadrilateral shape and that has four corners, the accepting unit being disposed between the first light source and the second light source, the accepting unit being provided such that an extension line of a diagonal that connects two of the four corners to each other passes through the first light source and the second light source, the accepting unit accepting an operation of a user.