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Operation input device for image forming machine
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1989-03-10
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Granted: 1992-01-28
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Expires: 2009-03-10
Abstract
Abstract An operation input device is mounted onto a machine having an image-reading portion with a glass plate. The device includes an operation input portion that optionally specifies each of a plurality of functions of the machine by manually operable switches, wherein the operation input portion is disposed in an image-non-reading region of the image-reading portion on the glass plate outside of the image-reading region of the image-reading portion, the image-non-reading region being a region where the image-reading is not concerned within the image-reading portion on the glass plate.
Inventors
- 👤 Masanobu Deguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 12:32
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/60; G03G15/605; G03G15/50; G03G15/5016; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00411; H04N1/00519; H04N1/00525
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
83 words
An operation input device for an image reading machine comprising: a platen for receiving a document to be read by said image reading machine, said platen including an image reading region and a non-image reading region; and an operation input panel formed on said non-image reading region, said operation input panel enabling manual input of a plurality of machine functions therethrough; wherein an overall size of said image reading machine is reduced by forming said operation input panel on said non-image reading region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
83 words
An operation input device for an image reading machine comprising: a platen for receiving a document to be read by said image reading machine, said platen including an image reading region and a non-image reading region; and an operation input panel formed on said non-image reading region, said operation input panel enabling manual input of a plurality of machine functions therethrough; wherein an overall size of said image reading machine is reduced by forming said operation input panel on said non-image reading region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
An operation input device according to claim 1, wherein said operation input panel is a sheet switch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An operation input device according to claim 1, wherein said operation input panel is a transparent touch panel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
An operation input device according to claim 2, wherein said sheet switch comprises a first elastic thin sheet having a plurality of recesses formed therein, a common electrode formed within each of said plurality of recesses, a second elastic thin sheet formed over said first elastic thin sheet, and a plurality of pairs of electrodes disposed to face each of said common electrodes with a predetermined gap therebetween.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
An operation input device according to claim 1, wherein said machine is a copying machine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
An operation input device according to claim 1, wherein said machine is a facsimile machine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An operation input device according to claim 1, wherein said non-image reading region is formed along a linear edge of said image reading region.
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