Patent ID: 8873075
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An operation device comprising: a touch screen configured to display a setting item window displaying predetermined setting item keys and a preview image window displaying a preview image in a preset display orientation, the preview image corresponding to original image data in an orientation in which an original is placed and to display the setting item keys to be selectable by a user; an orientation setting information storage unit that stores orientation setting information including the preset display orientation of the preview image and a direction to which a top side of the original faces; a preview image display unit configured to cause the preview image to be displayed in the reset orientation corresponding to the orientation setting information on the preview image window; an orientation setting information acquisition unit that acquires the orientation setting information from the orientation setting information storage unit when the preview image is displayed on the preview image window in the preset display orientation; a tab display acceptance unit that displays a tab key to be selectable by the user on the preview image window, the tab key including the orientation setting information thus acquired; a display adjustment unit that displays the tab key seamlessly with the preview image on the touch screen, the tab key including the orientation setting information corresponding to the preset display orientation of the preview image thus displayed; and a display orientation changing unit that, when the tab display acceptance unit accepts a selection of a tab key, changes the preset display orientation of the preview image to a display orientation corresponding to the orientation setting information included in the tab key thus selected, wherein the orientation setting information storage unit is configured to store a first orientation setting information and a second orientation setting information, the first orientation setting information being representative of the top side of the original which faces upward and the second orientation setting information being representative of the top side of the original which faces left when the original is placed to undergo a reading process, wherein the preview image display unit is configured to cause the preview image to be displayed on the preview image window in the preset display orientation corresponding to the orientation setting information selected from the first orientation setting information and the second orientation setting information, wherein the orientation setting information acquisition unit is configured to acquire the first orientation setting information and the second orientation setting information, and wherein the tab display acceptance unit is configured to cause the first orientation setting information and the second orientation setting information to be displayed as tab keys on the preview image window.