User interface for a printer
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1. A user interface for a reprographic apparatus, comprising:
- a display;
an input system; and
a control unit adapted to present a plurality of operating screens on the display in accordance with navigation instructions input via the input system,wherein one complete operating screen of the plurality of operating screens is presented on the display at one time, and the control unit is configured to assign a fixed location on a two-dimensional manifold to each of the plurality of operating screens, and, upon a navigation instruction, the control unit is configured to animate a movement of the manifold relative to the display, so as to show a selected operating screen of the plurality of operating screens on the display, the plurality operating screens are organized according to an hierarchical structure and the manifold has a topology reflecting the hierarchical structure, and the manifold is embedded in a higher-dimensional space and includes operating screens of the plurality of operating screens that would overlap when mapped without scale reduction onto a plane of the display.
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Abstract
A user interface for a printer has a display, an input system and a control unit. The control unit is configured to present a plurality of operating screens on the display in accordance with navigation instructions input via the input system. One complete operating screen is presented at one time. The control unit is configured to assign a fixed location on a two-dimensional manifold to each operating screen, and, upon a navigation instruction, to animate a movement of the manifold relative to the display, so as to show the selected operating screen on the display.
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1. A user interface for a reprographic apparatus, comprising:
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a display; an input system; and a control unit adapted to present a plurality of operating screens on the display in accordance with navigation instructions input via the input system, wherein one complete operating screen of the plurality of operating screens is presented on the display at one time, and the control unit is configured to assign a fixed location on a two-dimensional manifold to each of the plurality of operating screens, and, upon a navigation instruction, the control unit is configured to animate a movement of the manifold relative to the display, so as to show a selected operating screen of the plurality of operating screens on the display, the plurality operating screens are organized according to an hierarchical structure and the manifold has a topology reflecting the hierarchical structure, and the manifold is embedded in a higher-dimensional space and includes operating screens of the plurality of operating screens that would overlap when mapped without scale reduction onto a plane of the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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