Patent ID: 7551870
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device, comprising: a main body having a paper supply cassette and an image processing unit therein, the image processing unit being configured to form and to process images; and an operation unit being arranged on a front side of the main body, the operation unit having an operation/display screen being configured to direct operation of the image processing unit and to display the processing state of the image processing unit, the operation unit being supported on one end thereof by a shaft extending in an interior of the main body, the operation unit being configured to rotate on the shaft only in a horizontal plane between a position in which the operation unit is parallel to the main body to a position in which the operation unit extends away from the main body and is perpendicular thereto, the operation unit being configured to project out from the front side by rotating the operation unit, the shaft being freely rotatable relative to the main body, and the operation unit being configured to rotate on the shaft; the operation unit is approximately rectangular, and is supported by the main body on one end thereof in the lengthwise direction such that it is freely rotatable therewith, and the main body comprises a concave portion in a front upper surface thereof, the operation unit being configured to be stored in the concave portion.