US4937762A
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Method and apparatus for combination information display and input operations
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1988-03-18
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Granted: 1990-06-26
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Expires: 2008-03-18
Abstract
Abstract A display and input device (22) is used in a combination equipment incorporating, for example, a copier (120), a facsimile (130), a printer (140) or a scanner (150) having a independent operational functions. This display and input device comprised of a transparent touch panel having flat display is designed so that the picture image information is displayed step by step by the display unit. When the combination apparatus is operated and the picture image operations are executed, the required information for such operations is displayed step by step, permitting the simple checking of input information and correct execution of the desired operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Tuyoshi Todome
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 10:29
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/02; G06F3/0202; G06F3/0219; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/50; G03G15/5016; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32496; H04N1/387; H04N1/393
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
Information display and input apparatus for use with an image processing module having a plurality of operation modes including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of an image, the apparatus comprising: a display unit having a display surface defined by X,Y coordinates for displaying graphic display images associated with the operation modes; an input unit having an input surface corresponding to the display surface and defined by the X,Y coordinates, the input unit being responsive to touch inputs at the input surface to generate electrical signals corresponding to the X,Y coordinates of the touch input; a memory for storing a plurality of control programs including instructions defining the operation modes of the apparatus and defining predetermined X,Y coordinates of touch inputs associated with the size operation mode; controller means connected to the display unit, the input unit, and the memory for responding to a touch input within the predetermined X,Y coordinates associated with the size operation mode and for executing instructions in the program corresponding to the size operation mode to sequentially generate a series of the graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
200 words
Information display and input apparatus for use with an image processing module having a plurality of operation modes including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of an image, the apparatus comprising: a display unit having a display surface defined by X,Y coordinates for displaying graphic display images associated with the operation modes; an input unit having an input surface corresponding to the display surface and defined by the X,Y coordinates, the input unit being responsive to touch inputs at the input surface to generate electrical signals corresponding to the X,Y coordinates of the touch input; a memory for storing a plurality of control programs including instructions defining the operation modes of the apparatus and defining predetermined X,Y coordinates of touch inputs associated with the size operation mode; controller means connected to the display unit, the input unit, and the memory for responding to a touch input within the predetermined X,Y coordinates associated with the size operation mode and for executing instructions in the program corresponding to the size operation mode to sequentially generate a series of the graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
83 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein the controller means comprises means for generating a first series of graphic display images comprising a sequence of a reduction image, a standard image, and an enlargement image when an enlargement of a picture image is specified by a touch input, and a second series of graphic display images comprising a sequence of an enlargement image, a standard image, and a reduction image when a reduction of a picture image is specified by a touch input.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
207 words
Information display and input apparatus for use with an image processing module having a plurality of operation modes including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of an image, the apparatus comprising: a display unit having a display surface defined by X,Y coordinates for displaying graphic display images representing the size operation mode; an input unit having an input surface corresponding to the display surface an defined by the X,Y coordinates, the input unit being responsive to touch inputs at the input surface to generate electrical signals corresponding to the X,Y coordinates of the touch input; a memory for storing a plurality of control programs defining the operation modes of the apparatus and predetermined X,Y coordinates of touch inputs associated with the size operation mode and including instructions defining the graphic display images; controller means connected to the display unit, the input unit, and the memory for responding to a touch input within the predetermined X,Y coordinates to sequentially generate a series of the graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image, and to generate a graphic display image representing the degree in which the size of the image is to be changed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
207 words
Information display and input apparatus for use with an image processing module having a plurality of operation modes including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of an image, the apparatus comprising: a display unit having a display surface defined by X,Y coordinates for displaying graphic display images representing the size operation mode; an input unit having an input surface corresponding to the display surface an defined by the X,Y coordinates, the input unit being responsive to touch inputs at the input surface to generate electrical signals corresponding to the X,Y coordinates of the touch input; a memory for storing a plurality of control programs defining the operation modes of the apparatus and predetermined X,Y coordinates of touch inputs associated with the size operation mode and including instructions defining the graphic display images; controller means connected to the display unit, the input unit, and the memory for responding to a touch input within the predetermined X,Y coordinates to sequentially generate a series of the graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image, and to generate a graphic display image representing the degree in which the size of the image is to be changed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
Apparatus as recited in claim 3 wherein the controller means comprises means for executing instructions in the program corresponding to the operation mode in which the size of an image is changed to generate a graphic display image simultaneously representing the relative sizes of the original image and the size to which the image is to be changed.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for generating control signals to an image processing module including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction in the size of an image, comprising the steps of: generating, on a display device, a graphic display image representing a command to execute the size generation mode; receiving, on a touch panel superposed with the display device, a touch input requesting the size operation mode; simultaneously generating control signals to the image processing module to change the size of the image and sequentially generating a series of graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for generating control signals to an image processing module including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction in the size of an image, comprising the steps of: generating, on a display device, a graphic display image representing a command to execute the size generation mode; receiving, on a touch panel superposed with the display device, a touch input requesting the size operation mode; simultaneously generating control signals to the image processing module to change the size of the image and sequentially generating a series of graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
90 words
A method as recited in claim 5 in which the substep of generating a series of graphic display images comprises generating a first series of graphic display images comprising a sequence of a reduction image, a standard image, and an enlargement image when an enlargement of a picture image is specified by a touch input, and a second series of graphic display images comprising a sequence of an enlargement image, a standard image, and a reduction image when a reduction of a picture image is specified by a touch input.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
126 words
A method for generating control signals to an image processing module including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction in the size of an image, comprising the steps of: generating, on a display device, a graphic display image representing a command to execute the size operation mode; receiving, on a touch panel superposed with the display device, a touch input requesting the size operation mode; and simultaneously generating control signals to the image processing module to change the size of the image, sequentially generating a series of graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image, and generating a graphic display image representing the degree in which the size of the image is to be changed.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
126 words
A method for generating control signals to an image processing module including a size operation mode selectively providing one of enlargement and reduction in the size of an image, comprising the steps of: generating, on a display device, a graphic display image representing a command to execute the size operation mode; receiving, on a touch panel superposed with the display device, a touch input requesting the size operation mode; and simultaneously generating control signals to the image processing module to change the size of the image, sequentially generating a series of graphic display images representing one of enlargement and reduction of the size of the image, and generating a graphic display image representing the degree in which the size of the image is to be changed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method as recited in claim 7 in which the substep of generating a graphic display image representing the degree in which the size of the image is to be changed comprises generating a graphic display image simultaneously representing the relative sizes of the original image and the size to which the image is to be changed.
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