Operation unit and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirohisa Sawada
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a panel portion connected with a control portion of an apparatus body and being capable of executing at least one of functions of displaying information obtained from the control portion and of inputting information to the control portion, and an antenna capable of transmitting/receiving radio waves to/from a mobile terminal brought close to the antenna. The NFC substrate can make communication between the mobile terminal brought close to the antenna and the control portion by a near field communication system. The antenna is provided under and in a vicinity of the panel portion in a front view of the panel portion.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording medium;
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- a reading portion disposed over the image forming portion and configured to read an image on an original;
- a discharging tray disposed over the image forming portion and below the reading portion, and on which a recording medium, on which the image is formed, is stacked, the discharging tray arranged such that the recording medium stacked on the discharging tray is able to be taken out from the front side of the image forming apparatus;
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- an operation portion disposed on a front side of the reading portion in a direction heading from a back surface to a front surface of the image forming apparatus such that the operation portion neighbors the reading portion, and at least a part of the operation portion overlaps with the discharging tray in a direction orthogonal to the direction heading from the back surface to the front surface of the image forming apparatus, the operation portion comprising:
- a panel portion;
- comprising
- a display panel configured to display an information of the image forming apparatus;
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- a touch panel which detects an input operation from a user to change the information displayed on the display panel according to the input operation to the display panel;
- a communication portion provided in the operation portion, comprising an antenna capable of transmitting/receiving radio waves to/from a communication device brought close to the operation portion, and capable of executing communication between the communication device and the antenna by a near field communication system, the antenna being provided at a position neighboring the panel portion on the front side of the panel portion in the direction heading from the back surface to the front surface of the image forming apparatus and within an area of the panel portion in a direction orthogonal to the direction heading from the back surface to the front surface of the image forming apparatus.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording medium;
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- an operation portion comprising:
- a panel portion comprising
- a display panel configured to display an information of the image forming apparatus;
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- a touch panel which detects an input operation from a user to change the information displayed on the display panel according to the input operation to the display panel;
- an arm configured to movably support and link the panel portion with the body of the image forming apparatus in a condition in which the panel portion is located above the body of the image forming apparatus;
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- a communication portion provided in the operation portion, comprising an antenna capable of transmitting/receiving radio waves to/from a communication device brought close to the operation portion, and capable of executing communication between the communication device and the antenna by a near field communication system, the antenna being provided at a position under the panel portion in terms of a vertical direction, within an area of the panel portion in terms of a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, and neighboring the panel portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.