Patent ID: 9069496
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An operation console provided on an apparatus that executes a plurality of processes, comprising: a display configured to display a display screen image including a first area on which a plurality of virtual keys corresponding to respective ones of said plurality of processes used to select any of said plurality of processes are displayed; a receiver configured to receive an input operation to said virtual keys; and a first display controller configured or programmed to be responsive to said receiver receiving said input operation, to display, on a second area different from said first area of said display screen image, an image representing contents of the selected process in a prescribed state; wherein said first area includes, for each said virtual key, an icon indicating contents of a process corresponding to said virtual key; and said first display controller, responsive to said receiver receiving said input operations, displays said image representing contents of the selected process larger than said icon corresponding to said virtual key.