IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• US 20120131452A1
• Filed: 07/19/2011
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ogino, Kumiko, Maruyama, Miyoko
• Application Number:
  US13/185,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20120131452A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/274
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/502 relating to the structure of the control menu, e.g. pop-up menus, help screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5087 for receiving image data
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00109 Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00424 using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00429 using a navigation tree
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00448 horizontally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00477 Indicating status, e.g. of a job for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N2201/3219
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a document reader, a storage for storing image data, a display image generator for generating a display image, a display panel and a control unit-side controller for giving display guidance on the input status of image data from the document reader, on the display panel. The control unit-side controller includes: a display image displaying controller that performs such control as to display a display image from the display image generator on the display panel when the image output by an image output unit is started; and an output image displaying controller that performs such control as to move the display image displayed on the display panel toward a predetermined position.

Claims

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an input unit receiving image data;

a storing unit storing the image data input from the input unit;

an output unit performing image output based on the image data stored in the storing unit;

a display image generator generating a display image based on the image data stored in the storing unit;

a display portion displaying the display image generated by the display image generator; and

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a display controller for providing guidance display of the input status of the image data input from the input unit, on the display portion,

characterized in that the display controller performs such control as to move the display image displayed in the display portion toward a predetermined position when the image output is started by the output unit.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display portion includes a preview display region that can display the finished state of the image based on the image data in a preview representation, as the display image, and

the display controller performs such control as to move the display image displayed in the preview display region toward one end of the display portion.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller performs such control as to display the display image based on the image data input from the input unit, from one end side of the display portion and move the display image toward the preview display region and performs such control as to move the display image displayed in the preview display region toward the other end side of the display portion when the image output is started by the output unit.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller performs such control as to display a display reference as to be the reference position when the display image is moved from the preview display region toward the end of the display portion, and performs such control as to move the display image displayed in the preview display region toward the display reference.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller performs such control as to gradually change and eliminate the display image displayed in the preview region.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display controller performs such control as to move the display images displayed in the preview display region, page by page, from the preview display region toward the end of the display portion.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs an image formed based on the image data onto a recording medium, and

the display controller performs such control as to display, move and eliminate the display image displayed in the display portion in conformity with the orientation in which the recording medium is output from the output unit.