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EP0334327A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Multi-screen setting condition display system

Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1989-03-22
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-03-22
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Abstract

Abstract A display control system for controlling a display unit (301) used as a user interface in a recording apparatus for the purposes of selecting recording functions and setting execution conditions where each of the functions includes a corresponding plurality of function groups comprising, display control means for controlling the display unit (301) to display selection-mode screens for each function group and to instruct the operator of the recording apparatus to enter values to set the execution conditions, and screen control means for controlling the display unit (301) to display an area that indicates the set state of each of the function groups for each of the functions whereby the operator can see at one time all of the function group settings.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshinaru Shibayama
  • 👤 Takao Ohtake

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 03:52
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489; G03G15/50; G03G15/5016; G03G15/502; G06F15/00; G06F15/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 119 words
A multi-screen display control system for controlling a display unit used as a user interface in a recording apparatus for the purposes of selecting recording functions and setting execution conditions where each of the functions includes a cor­responding plurality of function groups comprising: display control means for controlling the display unit to display selection-mode screens for each function group and to in­struct the operator of the recording apparatus to enter values to set the execution conditions; and screen control means for controlling the display unit to display an area that indicates the set state of each of the func­tion groups for each of the functions whereby the operator can see at one time all of the function group settings.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 119 words
A multi-screen display control system for controlling a display unit used as a user interface in a recording apparatus for the purposes of selecting recording functions and setting execution conditions where each of the functions includes a cor­responding plurality of function groups comprising: display control means for controlling the display unit to display selection-mode screens for each function group and to in­struct the operator of the recording apparatus to enter values to set the execution conditions; and screen control means for controlling the display unit to display an area that indicates the set state of each of the func­tion groups for each of the functions whereby the operator can see at one time all of the function group settings.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 39 words
A multi-screen display control system according to claim 1, wherein said display control means controls said display unit such that each of the selection-mode screens includes said area for displaying the function group settings for the other selection-mode screens.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 54 words
A multi-screen display control system according to claim 2, wherein each of said function groups has either a de­fault value or a selected value and wherein said display control means controls said display unit to display only selected values of function groups and to inhibit the display of said default values of function groups.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
A multi-screen display control system according to claim 1, wherein said display unit is a cathode ray tube.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 23 words
A multi-screen display control system according to claim 4, wherein said cathode ray tube is mounted at the eye level of the operator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 39 words
A multi-screen display control system according to claim 4, wherein said screen control means controls said display unit to display operator messages having a visual contrast between the background and character data to improve the readability of the messages.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 28 words
A multi-screen display control system according to claim 6, wherein said screen control unit controls said display unit to display the operator messages with a contrasting periph­eral border.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multi-screen display control system according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is a photocopier.

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