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Display and input apparatus

Assignee: Shibaura Machine Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-05-09
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Granted: 1990-08-28
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Expires: 2008-05-09
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Abstract

Abstract In a display apparatus comprising a display member in the form of a cathode ray tube adapted to display a plurality of set items and a transparent touch panel superposed on the display member and formed with a plurality of touch key elements, there are provided at least one increment key and at least one decrement key located near a plurality of juxtaposed input data display members.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shigeru Fujita
  • 👤 Hideo Tanaka
  • 👤 Susumu Harada

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-10 00:37
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 149 words
Display apparatus comprising: display means adapted to display a plurality of set data items and set display labels corresponding to the set data items, said set data items comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, and said set display labels comprising a plurality of characters; a transparent touch panel superposed on said display means and including a plurality of touch keys, each of said touch keys corresponding to a set display label, the transparent touch panel also including an input setting key frame including a plurality of input data displays adapted to collectively display an input data item, said input data item comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, said input setting key frame also including at least one increment key for incrementing the digits of the input data item, and at least one decrement key for decrementing the digits of the input data item.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 149 words
Display apparatus comprising: display means adapted to display a plurality of set data items and set display labels corresponding to the set data items, said set data items comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, and said set display labels comprising a plurality of characters; a transparent touch panel superposed on said display means and including a plurality of touch keys, each of said touch keys corresponding to a set display label, the transparent touch panel also including an input setting key frame including a plurality of input data displays adapted to collectively display an input data item, said input data item comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, said input setting key frame also including at least one increment key for incrementing the digits of the input data item, and at least one decrement key for decrementing the digits of the input data item.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 67 words
The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input data displays are juxtaposed, and said at least one increment key and decrement key comprise one increment key corresponding to each input data display and one decrement key corresponding to each input data display, the increment keys being disposed above the corresponding input data display, and the decrement key being disposed beneath the corresponding input data display.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of input setting key frames are arranged in a matrix on said transparent touch panel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 50 words
The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of input setting key frames are arranged in a matrix on said transparent touch panel, and said matrix is used to set an injection pressure, an injection speed and an injection speed change position of an injection compression molding machine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input setting key frame further includes a plurality of digit selection keys each digit selection key corresponding to one of the input data displays.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of input setting key frames are arranged in a matrix on said transparent touch panel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 51 words
The data display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of input setting key frames are arranged in a matrix on said transparent touch panel, and said matrix is used to set an injection pressure, an injection speed and an injection speed change position of an injection compression molding machine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 197 words
A display apparatus comprising: display means adapted to display a plurality of set data items and set display labels corresponding to the set data items, said set data items comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, and said set display labels comprising a plurality of characters; a transparent touch panel superposed on said display means and including a plurality of touch keys, each of said touch keys corresponding to a set display label, the transparent touch panel also including an input setting key frame including a plurality of juxtaposed input data displays adapted to collectively display an input data item, said input data item comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, said input setting key frame also including an increment key, a decrement key, and a plurality of digit selection keys, each digit selection key corresponding to one of the input data displays and operating to select the corresponding input data display, and said increment and decrement keys respectively incrementing and decrementing the digits of the selected input data item, the increment key being disposed above the corresponding input data display, and the decrement key being disposed beneath the corresponding input data display.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 197 words
A display apparatus comprising: display means adapted to display a plurality of set data items and set display labels corresponding to the set data items, said set data items comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, and said set display labels comprising a plurality of characters; a transparent touch panel superposed on said display means and including a plurality of touch keys, each of said touch keys corresponding to a set display label, the transparent touch panel also including an input setting key frame including a plurality of juxtaposed input data displays adapted to collectively display an input data item, said input data item comprising a plurality of digits arranged as a number, said input setting key frame also including an increment key, a decrement key, and a plurality of digit selection keys, each digit selection key corresponding to one of the input data displays and operating to select the corresponding input data display, and said increment and decrement keys respectively incrementing and decrementing the digits of the selected input data item, the increment key being disposed above the corresponding input data display, and the decrement key being disposed beneath the corresponding input data display.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 50 words
The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of input setting key frames are arranged in a matrix on said transparent touch panel, and said matrix is used to set an injection pressure, an injection speed and an injection speed change position of an injection compression molding machine.

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