Display operation device allocating a plurality of functions to a key, image processing apparatus, and method of receiving user operations
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMikiya OKADA, Naohiro ANDOH
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Abstract
A display operation device has a display-integrated operation panel with a display screen, on which a monochrome copy start key and a color copy start key are displayed. When black-toner-out or color-toner-out occurs, on the monochrome copy start key and the color copy start key, another UI component such as black-toner-out key and color-toner-out key is displayed. Such a UI component is displayed at the display position of the monochrome copy start key and the color copy start key, being superposed on these keys.
Claims17
A display operation device, comprising:
- a display-integrated operation panel having a display screen;
- a first UI component display device displaying a first user interface (UI) component image on said display screen;
- a process activating device, responsive to a user operation of said first UI component displayed on said display screen by said first UI component display device, for activating a process associated with the first UI component;
- and
- a second UI component display device, responsive to occurrence of a predetermined condition related to the process activated in association with said first UI component by said process activating device, for displaying a second UI component on said display screen;
- wherein
- said second UI component is displayed at a position of display of said first UI component, to cover said first UI component.
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A method of receiving a user operation using a display-integrated operation panel having a display screen, comprising the steps of
- displaying an image of a first UI component on said display screen;
- activating, in response to a user operation of said first UI component displayed on said display screen at said step of displaying the image of said first UI component, a process associated with said first UI component;
- and
- displaying, in response to occurrence of a predetermined condition related to the process activated at said step of activating a process, a second UI component on said display screen;
- wherein
- said second UI component is displayed at a display position of said first UI component to cover said first UI component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.