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Details

Inventors: Kimura, Hiroyuki; Suzuki, Tadashi;
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Brase; Sandra L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

There is described a device and a method for setting the operation mode of an apparatus, such as a copy machine, wherein the pressing of a guide key causes guidance information, as well as operation mode setting keys to be displayed on a guidance screen; and wherein the pressing of a key on the guidance screen causes further guidance information as well as operation mode setting keys to be displayed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation mode setting device and method which is free of the above-described problem.
It is another object of this invention to provide an operation mode setting device and method that allows even an inexperienced person to carry out the setting of a desired operation mode.
A further object of this invention is to provide an operation mode setting device and method that makes it possible to set a desired operation while guidance information relating to a mode setting key and the mode setting key itself are displayed on a screen.
According to one aspect of this invention, there is provided a novel operation mode setting device which comprises a touch panel display, a guidance key, a first control means and a second control means.
The touch panel display is connected to cause guidance information regarding a settable operation mode to be displayed thereon.
The first control means is connected to cause a group of operation mode setting keys to be displayed on the touch panel display prior to an input from said guidance key.
The second control means is connected to respond to an input from the guidance key to cause the touch panel display to display guidance information along with a display of an operation mode setting key.
The first control means is also connected to respond to the input from an operation mode setting key which is displayed together with the guidance information on the touch panel display in order to set the operation mode.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a novel operation mode setting device which comprises a guidance key arranged to produce a display of guidance information regarding a desired mode setting; a first setting means for setting a desired operation mode without input from the guidance key; and a second setting means for setting a desired operation mode in response to the display of guidance information produced by operation of the guidance key.
According to a further aspect of the invention, there is provided a novel method of setting an operation mode in an apparatus which includes a touch panel display and a guidance key that causes display of guidance information regarding a settable operation mode

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