Patent ID: 9386175
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a display control unit configured to display a setting screen on a display unit; and a switching operation unit configured to switch a display mode of the setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, wherein a first display screen displayed in the first display mode includes an icon display area and a first function button display area, the icon display area displaying a plurality of icons that are arranged in a predetermined direction and the first function button display area displaying a plurality of function buttons for setting each function, each of the icons corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of function buttons, and the first function button display area displaying, among the plurality of function buttons, some function buttons that correspond to some icons specified from among the plurality of icons by a range specification unit, the plurality of function buttons are classified into a plurality of groups according to their function attribute, and a second display screen displayed in the second display mode includes a group display instruction area and a second function button display area, the group display instruction area being provided with a plurality of group specification buttons for receiving input of a group display instruction to display function buttons that belong to a specific group among the plurality of groups, and the second function button display area displaying the function buttons belonging to the specific group among the plurality of function buttons.