Image forming apparatus and screen transition control method

Details Image forming apparatus and screen transition control method Image forming apparatus and screen transition control method

2006-04-07

2009-12-15

Williams, Kimberly A (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

Emulation or plural modes

C358S001150, C715S764000, C715S765000, C399S081000, C399S085000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07633636

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus that performs a plurality of functions includes: a display which displays a menu screen or a function instruction screen, the menu screen being used for selecting one of the plurality of functions, and the function instruction screen corresponding to each of the functions and being used for executing the corresponding function; an operating section which accepts an operation relating the selected function from a user; a detecting section which detects that an operation relating to the selected function has not been performed for a predetermined amount of time; and a controller which controls a screen transition to change the screen of the display to an initial screen of the function instruction screen corresponding to the selected function, when the detecting section detects that the operation has not been performed for the predetermined amount of time.

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