IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0586674
(2006-10-26)
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등록번호 |
US-7805091
(2010-10-21)
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우선권정보 |
JP-2006-180028(2006-06-29) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Isogai, Yoshitaka
- Iritani, Yu
- Sugiura, Shin
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
0 인용 특허 :
3 |
초록
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A message display portion is provided on each of a plurality of faces of an image forming apparatus. A state of the image forming apparatus is detected, and a message is displayed on a message display portion facing in the direction of a user to whom a notification should be given. Therefore, the st
A message display portion is provided on each of a plurality of faces of an image forming apparatus. A state of the image forming apparatus is detected, and a message is displayed on a message display portion facing in the direction of a user to whom a notification should be given. Therefore, the state of the apparatus can be shown to each user in a user-friendly manner.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. An image forming apparatus having a plurality of faces, comprising: a printer printing an image; a first message display portion provided on a first face of the plurality of faces; a second message display portion provided on a second face facing in a direction different from
What is claimed is: 1. An image forming apparatus having a plurality of faces, comprising: a printer printing an image; a first message display portion provided on a first face of the plurality of faces; a second message display portion provided on a second face facing in a direction different from the first face of the plurality of faces; a storage portion storing display location information in which a user and each of the message display portions are associated with each other; a state detector detecting a state of the image forming apparatus; a specification portion specifying the user relating to the detected state; a decider deciding a message to be displayed and deciding, from the first message display portion and the second message display portion, a message display portion on which the decided message is to be displayed based on the state detected by the state detector and the display location information corresponding to the user specified by the specification portion; and a display portion displaying the decided message on the decided message display portion. 2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the state detector detects a printing state of the image forming apparatus, the specification portion specifies a print instructor as the user relating to the detected state, and the display portion displays the decided message on the message display portion associated with the print instructor. 3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the image forming apparatus has respective message display portions in directions of four faces. 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus has a facsimile function, the specification portion specifies a facsimile recipient as the user relating to the detected state, and when a facsimile image is received, the display portion displays a notification of reception on the message display portion associated with the facsimile recipient. 5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus has an automatic document feeder and a reading function, the specification portion specifies a reading instructor as the user relating to the detected state, and when reading of an entire document is finished, a notification that reading is finished is displayed on the message display portion associated with the reading instructor. 6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that a same message is displayed on the first and second message display portions. 7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that different messages are displayed on the first and second message display portions. 8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the decider decides on a message display portion for display according to a content of a message. 9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selector selecting whether a same message is displayed or different messages are displayed on the first and second message display portions. 10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein selection is made from the first and second message display portions to display a message. 11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a character is displayed in a flowing manner on one of the first and second message display portions and the character that has finished flowing is also displayed in a flowing manner on the other of the first and second message display portions. 12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a setter setting a direction in which a character is displayed in a flowing manner. 13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the state detector detects at least one of completion of an image input, a start of image printing, an end of image printing, a number of copies, and errors. 14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that a message displayed on at least one of the first and second message display portions is deleted after a prescribed period of time. 15. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a receiver externally receiving a print job wherein the specification portion specifies a print instructor of the print job as the user relating to the detected state, the decider decides on a message display portion on which a message is to be displayed according to the print instructor. 16. The image fondling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first message display portion is arranged in a vertical direction. 17. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first message display portion is arranged to protrude from the image forming apparatus. 18. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first message display portion is arranged on an entire face of the image forming apparatus. 19. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that a color of a displayed message is decided according to a content of the decided message. 20. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the decider decides respective contents to be displayed on the first message display portion and the second message display portion based on a result of detection by the state detector. 21. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus having a plurality of faces, the image forming apparatus including a printer printing an image, a first message display portion provided on a first face of the plurality of faces, and a second message display portion provided on a second face facing in a direction different from the first face of the plurality of faces, comprising: a storing step of storing display location information in which a user and each of the message display portions are associated with each other; a state detecting step of detecting a state of the image forming apparatus; a specifying step of specifying the user relating to the detected state; a decision step of deciding a message to be displayed and deciding, from the first message display portion and the second message display portion, a message display portion on which the decided message is to be displayed based on the state detected at the state detection step and the display location information corresponding to the user specified at the specification step; and displaying the decided message on the decided message display portion.
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