Patent ID: 9058557
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a process execution portion; a display portion that displays an image; a setting screen displaying portion that displays, on the display portion, a setting screen for setting a setting value for each of a plurality of setting items that determine processing conditions for the process execution portion; an input screen displaying portion that displays, on the display portion, an input screen provided independently of the setting screen, the input screen comprising a plurality of input keys for inputting the setting values corresponding to the setting items and a plurality of pieces of item information indicating the same setting items as each of the plurality of setting items set in the setting screen, respectively; a position detecting portion that detects a position designated by a user on a display surface of the display portion; an item selecting portion that selects one of the plurality of setting items based on the position detected by the position detecting portion; a setting value accepting portion that detects the input key designated by the user from among the plurality of input keys included in the displayed input screen based on the position detected by the position detecting portion and that accepts a value determined by the detected input key as a setting value for the setting item selected by the item selecting portion from among the plurality of setting items; a designation accepting portion that accepts a designation by the user, the designation accepting portion being provided independently of the position detecting portion, wherein the input screen displaying portion displays the input screen on the display portion in response to acceptance of a first designation by the designation accepting portion when the setting screen is displayed on the display portion.