Electrophotography – Machine operation – Operator interface
Patent
1998-06-10
1999-09-07
Moses, R. L.
Electrophotography
Machine operation
Operator interface
399 82, 399 83, 345326, 345327, G03G 1500
Patent
active
059500450
ABSTRACT:
The input device for controlling an apparatus includes: a display device for displaying an image represented by a plurality of dots; a touch panel disposed over the display face of the display device for outputting information of a position where the panel is operated in accordance with the displayed image on the display device; a command content determining device for determining the content of the command selected, based on the relationship between the positional information output from the touch panel and the image displayed on the display device, wherein the image displayed on the display device includes an external outline of the apparatus having the input device; and a switching device for switching the display on the display device, into the display frame for setting the operation of a unit corresponding to the operated part of the external outline of the apparatus when part of the external outline of the apparatus displayed on the display portion is operated through the touch panel.
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Fukuda Kohki
Isobe Hotaka
Nakai Yasuhiro
Nomura Tatsuo
Ohgita Kazuyuki
Moses R. L.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Virmani Shival
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