Patent ID: 8625118
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A display operation device, comprising: a display-integrated operation panel having a display screen; a first UI component display device displaying a first user interface (UI) component image on said display screen; a process activating device, responsive to a user operation of said first UI component displayed on said display screen by said first UI component display device, for activating a process associated with the first UI component; a second UI component display device, responsive to activation of the process associated with said first UI component by said process activating device, for displaying a second UI component in place of said first UI component on said display screen; and a process stopping device, responsive to a user operation of said second UI component displayed on said display screen by said second UI component display device, for stopping execution of said process; wherein part of said second UI component is displayed in a color complementary to a display color of a part of said first UI component, or a color analogous to the complementary color, or a color same as but having different tone from the complementary color; wherein said first UI component includes a monochrome copy start button for instructing start of a monochrome copy process, and a color copy start button for instructing start of a color copy process; display color of said monochrome copy start button and display color of said color copy start button are different from each other; in response to a user operation of said monochrome copy start button, part of said second UI component is displayed in a color complementary to a display color of a part of said monochrome copy start button; and in response to a user operation of said color copy start button, part of said second UI component is displayed in a color complementary to a display color of a part of said color copy start button.