Operation console, and electronic device and image processing apparatus provided with the operation console
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMayuko Yoshida, Shinsaku Tohki
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Abstract
An operation unit of an image forming apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, allowing accurate and easy input by the user requesting switching of display to a screen image allowing selection of an operation mode, includes: a pilot lamp, a touch-panel display, and hardware keys including a power key, an energy-saving key and a home key. The home key that switches the display on the touch-panel display to an operation mode selecting screen image (home screen image) when pressed is provided closer to the touch-panel display than other hardware buttons.
Claims16
An operation console provided on an apparatus that operates in accordance with a user operation, said operation console having a surface including a first area and a second area, said operation console comprising:
- a display provided in said first area;
- a home button arranged in said first area adjacent to said display for requesting display of a home screen;
- a plurality of hardware buttons provided in said second area;
- and
- a member provided on said surface encompassing said first area such that said member separates said first area from said second area.
An operation console provided on an apparatus that operates in accordance with a user operation, said operation console having a surface including a first area and a second area, comprising:
- a display provided in said first area;
- a home button arranged to be adjacent to said display, in said first area;
- a plurality of hardware buttons provided in said second area, wherein
- said home button is closer to said display than any of said plurality of hardware buttons;
- and
- a member provided on said surface encompassing said first area such that said member separates said first area from said second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.