Patent ID: 8610933
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An operation console provided on an apparatus as an object of control, comprising: a touch-panel display; a display control unit controlling said touch-panel display so that information to be notified to a user is displayed; and an input control unit, controlling said touch-panel display such that in response to a user touching said touch-panel display, either a request to said apparatus as the object of control or a request for changing manner of display on said touch-panel display is detected; wherein said input control unit includes a first detecting unit detecting said request based on a position where the user touched the touch-panel display, and a second detecting unit detecting said request based on a trajectory of where the user touched the touch-panel display; and said display control unit is capable of displaying an icon displayed on said touch-panel display in a first manner of display and in a second manner of display larger than said first manner of display, said display control unit includes a changing unit for changing, if a request for changing a display mode by a flick operation following a touch to a position of said icon by the user is detected by said second detecting unit, the manner of display of said icon detected by said first detecting unit to said first manner of display or said second manner of display, in accordance with a direction of said flick operation, and said second detecting unit detects a request for changing the display mode between a first display mode in which a request is detected based on a touched position and a second display mode in which a request is detected based on a touched trajectory.