Display device, image processing device, and display method

Inventor: Shoji Noda (Sakai City, JP)

Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

H04N1/00424 G06F3/1205 G06F3/1256 H04N1/00411 H04N1/00472

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Quick Facts

Patent No.: US 12665972
App. No.: 18/626,263
Filed: Apr 3, 2024
Granted: Jun 23, 2026
Kind: B2
Examiner: CRUZ, IRIANA
Art Unit: 2681
USPC: 358/1.1

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Abstract

A display device includes: a display to display a function display screen based on device functions; and a controller that controls displaying of the function display screen. The function display screen includes a fixed area where displayed content is fixed and a non-fixed area other than the fixed area. The controller determines a display format of the fixed area in accordance with a display format of the non-fixed area.

Claims (17)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display that displays a display screen; and

one or more controllers that control the displaying of the display screen, wherein

the one or more controllers are configured to:

display, in a display area on the display screen, a first button for receiving a first instruction to display a confirmation screen including information regarding at least a network, and

display, in response to receiving the first instruction via the first button, in the display area, the confirmation screen and a second button that replaces the first button at a same position in the display area, the second button for receiving a second instruction to terminate the displaying of the confirmation screen which was displayed in response to receiving the first instruction.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the confirmation screen comprises information regarding a current condition of a device.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the information regarding the current condition of the device comprises at least one of information regarding paper feed and information regarding a toner.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display screen includes a fixed area where displayed content is fixed and a non-fixed area other than the fixed area.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first button and the second button are displayed in the fixed area.

6 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the confirmation screen is displayed in the non-fixed area.

7 . An image processing device comprising the display device according to claim 1 and an image processor.

8 . A display method comprising:

displaying, in a display area of a display screen, a first button for receiving a first instruction to display a confirmation screen including information regarding at least a network; and

displaying, in response to receiving the first instruction via the first button, in the display area, the confirmation screen and a second button that replaces the first button at a same position in the display area, the second button for receiving a second instruction to terminate the displaying of the confirmation screen which was displayed in response to receiving the first instruction.

9 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first button is displayed in the fixed area, and the second button that replaces the first button is displayed at the same position in the fixed area.

10 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the confirmation screen comprises information regarding a current operational state of the device.