# US 10,375,256 B2 · Information processing system, device, and method

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- Number: US 10,375,256 B2
- Document ID: US10375256B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/681,063
- Filed: 2017-08-18
- Published: 2017-11-30
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-11
- Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Inventors: Makoto Sasaki; Tadashi Sato; Fumiyoshi Kittaka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375256B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/00389: {Programmable function keys, e.g. for one-touch operation (H04N1/00387 takes precedence; for automation of transmitter jobs H04N1/32058)}
- 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
- G06F 3/0489: using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
- G06K 15/005: {only locally}
- H04N 1/00278: {with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer}
- H04N 1/0035: {User-machine interface; Control console (input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00)}
- H04N 1/00405: {Output means (output arrangements for computers G06F3/00)}
- H04N 1/00408: {Display of information to the user, e.g. menus}
- H04N 1/00413: {using menus, i.e. presenting the user with a plurality of selectable options (H04N1/00464 takes precedence)}
- H04N 1/00474: {outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print}
- H04N 1/00482: {outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

An information processing system includes a first display control unit and a second display control unit. The first display control unit displays, on a display unit, a button on which a setting value of a program is displayed. The second display control unit starts up the program when the button is pressed and, in accordance with the started program, displays, on the display unit, a setting screen that corresponds to the button being pressed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image forming apparatus comprising:
a display; and
a processor configured to
display, on the display, a first screen on which a plurality of buttons are arranged in a row, the plurality of buttons being respectively associated with a plurality of settings of a copy function executed by the image forming apparatus, a setting value of each of the settings being displayed on the button associated with the setting,
display the first screen on which an image as a result of execution of the copy function executed based on the setting values of the settings arranged,
display, in a superimposed manner onto the image arranged on the first screen, a second screen used for selecting a setting value of the setting associated with one of the plurality of buttons from a plurality of setting values in response to the button being selected,
display, in response to a setting value of the setting associated with the button being changed on the second screen, the changed setting value on the button, and
execute the copy function based on the setting values of the settings of the copy function.

### Claim 2

An image forming method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a first screen on which a plurality of buttons are arranged in a row, the plurality of buttons being respectively associated with a plurality of settings of a copy function executed by the image forming apparatus, a setting value of each of the settings being displayed on the button associated with the setting;
displaying the first screen on which an image as a result of execution of the copy function executed based on the setting values of the settings arranged;
displaying, in a superimposed manner onto the image arranged on the first screen, a second screen used for selecting a setting value of the setting associated with one of the plurality of buttons from a plurality of setting values in response to the button being selected;
displaying, in response to a setting value of the setting associated with the button being changed on the second screen, the changed setting value on the button; and
executing the copy function based on the setting values of the settings of the copy function.

### Claim 3

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions that then executed by processing circuitry cause the processing circuitry to perform an image forming method comprising:
displaying, on a display, a first screen on which a plurality of buttons are arranged in a row, the plurality of buttons being respectively associated with a plurality of settings of a copy function executed by the image forming apparatus, a setting value of each of the settings being displayed on the button associated with the setting;
displaying the first screen on which an image as a result of execution of the copy function executed based on the setting values of the settings arranged;
displaying, in a superimposed manner onto the image arranged on the first screen, a second screen used for selecting a setting value of the setting associated with one of the plurality of buttons from a plurality of setting values in response to the button being selected;
displaying, in response to a setting value of the setting associated with the button being changed on the second screen, the changed setting value on the button; and
executing the copy function based on the setting values of the settings of the copy function.