Information input apparatus and image forming apparatus
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1. An information input apparatus, comprising:
- a displaying unit that displays an information input screen for inputting various types of information through at least one virtual key, the at least one virtual key being a number, a character, or a symbol; and
an input instructing unit that executes an input instruction from an input region provided on the information input screen,wherein upon selection of a special settings mode by an operator, the displaying unit automatically displays to the operator who continues to operate the information input apparatus, on the at least one virtual key in the input region on the information input screen, a different number, character, or symbol, without requiring intervention by the operator to display the different number, character, or symbol.
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Abstract
An information input apparatus is constituted of an operation panel that inputs various types of information and an operation panel board that controls the operation panel. The operation panel includes an LCD that is the displaying unit that displays the information input screen for inputting various types of information, and a touch panel that is the input instructing unit that executes an input instruction from an input region (virtual keys) provided on the information input screen. The LCD displays on the virtual keys information different from information previously assigned to the virtual keys on the information input screen.
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1. An information input apparatus, comprising:
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a displaying unit that displays an information input screen for inputting various types of information through at least one virtual key, the at least one virtual key being a number, a character, or a symbol; and an input instructing unit that executes an input instruction from an input region provided on the information input screen, wherein upon selection of a special settings mode by an operator, the displaying unit automatically displays to the operator who continues to operate the information input apparatus, on the at least one virtual key in the input region on the information input screen, a different number, character, or symbol, without requiring intervention by the operator to display the different number, character, or symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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