Patent ID: 9749485
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: a touch panel apparatus; a control section receiving an instruction related to image formation based on whether or not there is a contact point detected by the touch panel apparatus and/or coordinate positions of the contact point; and an image formation section forming an image on recording paper based on the instruction received by the control section, wherein the touch panel apparatus comprises: a display; a physical key receiving, from a user, an operation made for a menu displayed on the display; a touch panel arranged on a front surface of the display and being capable of switching among a first operation mode for detecting the coordinate positions of the contact point and a second operation mode for not detecting the coordinate positions of the contact point but detecting presence or absence of contact, and a third operation mode for not detecting the coordinate positions of the contact point and presence or absence of contact but receiving input from the physical key; a display control section displaying, on the display, an image which belongs to a first group and which is displayed upon reception, from the user, of an operation requiring acquisition of the coordinate positions of the contact point and an image which belongs to a second group and which is displayed upon reception, from the user, of an operation not requiring the acquisition of the coordinate positions of the contact point but requiring the detection of presence or absence of contact; an operation mode determining section determining an operation mode of the touch panel to be the first operation mode while the display control section displays the image belonging to the first group, determining the operation mode of the touch panel to be the second operation mode while the display control section displays the image belonging to the second operation mode, and determining the operation mode of the touch panel to be the third operation mode while the display control section displays an image belonging to a third group, the image belonging to the third group being not belonging to either of the first group and the second group; and an operation control section operating the touch panel in the operation mode determined by the operating mode determining section.