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US 8,010,009 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus with controller for automatically switching displays of operation procedure in rotation
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorsChigusa Mochizuki, Dai Shigenobu, Miki Teshima, Hiromi Sakata, Tetsuya Maeda
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a display portion for displaying an operation guide to an operator;
- and
- a display controller for causing the display portion to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operation as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation;
- and
- an instruction receiving portion for receiving an instruction to pause the display screen of the display portion from the operator,
- wherein the display controller causes the display portion to display the operation guide by repeatedly reproducing the plurality of screens constituting the operation procedure at a predetermined speed in rotation, and causes the display portion to display the detailed explanation of the operation guided on the screen being displayed when a pause instruction is received if the pause instruction from the operator is received by the instruction receiving portion.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a display portion for displaying an operation guide to an operator;
- and
- a display controller for causing the display portion to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operation as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation;
- and
- an instruction receiving portion for receiving an instruction to switch the display of the display portion to another screen from the operator,
- wherein the display controller causes the display portion to display the operation guide by repeatedly reproducing the respective screens constituting the operation procedure at a predetermined speed in rotation, and switches the display of the display portion to another screen and sets a speed at which the another screen is switched to a next screen slower than the predetermined speed if an instruction to switch the display of the display portion to another screen is received by the instruction receiving portion.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a display portion for displaying an operation guide to an operator;
- and
- a display controller for causing the display portion to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operation as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation;
- and
- an instruction input portion to which an instruction from the operator is inputted in a plurality of operation modes adapted by the operator;
- and
- a display screen discriminating portion for discriminating an instruction inputted to the instruction input portion and the display screen indicated by this instruction,
- wherein the display controller causes the display portion to display the operation guide by repeatedly reproducing the respective screens constituting the operation procedure at a predetermined speed in rotation, and switches the display of the display portion to the discriminated display screen if the display screen is discriminated by the display screen discriminating portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.