US 6,606,465 B2 · Function display method and multi-functional apparatus having display embodying such method

Abstract

When any of the functions: copier function, printer function and facsimile function, are not being performed, the function information display portion provides display messages ‘Copier available’, ‘Printer available’ and Fax available’, using the display areas equal in size, arranged in the vertical direction. When a print request is given from an external apparatus, the function information display portion provides a display message ‘Printer function engaged’ along with the image processing operating conditions and provides display messages ‘Copier function partly available’ and ‘Facsimile function partly available’ in the left and right halves of the display section. While the printer function is in progress, the information relating to the printer function is displayed in the display area four times as large as that for the copier function and that for the facsimile function.

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Dependent claims

A function display method for giving information as to multiple functions selectable as functions to be performed by an apparatus, on a display screen, comprising the steps of:

varying display areas allotted for individual functions in a display frame, depending on whether each of the functions has been selected;
and
when one or more unselected functions are partly compatible with a selected function,
displaying that fact within the display frame.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Function display method and multi-functional apparatus having display embodying such method

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Function display method and multi-functional apparatus having display embodying such method

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Abstract

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