Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, control program, and control method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYUKIO KANAOKA, MASAAKI AIDA, HIDETOSHI FUJIMOTO
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Abstract
Problem: To be able to reduce manufacturing cost and achieve downsizing of an apparatus. Solution: An image forming apparatus 10 includes a CPU (82), an image former (14), and a display panel 48. The display panel 48 serves as a display portion 48a which displays an image, an image reader 48b which reads a document placed on a display surface, and an operation portion 48c which receives an input operation by a user. The CPU (82) detects a document area where the document exists on the display surface of the display panel 48, and causes the operation portion 48c to be displayed at a position according to the detected document area on the display panel 48.
Claims9
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a display panel, which serves as a display portion that displays an image, an operation portion that receives an input operation by a user, and an image reader that reads a document;
- detection means that detects a document area where the document exists in a display area of the display panel;
- and
- display control means that causes the operation portion to be displayed at a position according to the document area detected by the detection means, in the display area of the display panel.
A control program executed by a processor of an image reading apparatus comprising a display panel, which serves as a display portion that displays an image, an operation portion that receives an input operation by a user, and an image reader that reads a document, the control program causing the processor of the image reading apparatus to function as:
- detection means that detects a document area where the document exists in a display area of the display panel;
- and
- display control means that causes the operation portion to be displayed at a position according to the document area detected by the detection means, in the display area of the display panel.
A control method executed by a processor of an image reading apparatus comprising a display panel, which serves as a display portion that displays an image, an operation portion that receives an input operation by a user, and an image reader that reads a document, the control method comprising:
- (a) detecting a document area where the document exists in a display area of the display panel;
- and
- (b) causing the operation portion to be displayed at a position according to the document area detected in the step (a), in the display area of the display panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.