Patent ID: 9036167
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An operation console used in relation to an apparatus as an object of control operated by a user operation, comprising: a display device having a display area for displaying information to the user; an input device for the user to input a request; and a display control device displaying, if a request for displaying specific information on said display device is input through said input device, said specific information on said display area; wherein said input device includes a plurality of hardware operation buttons for inputting a plurality of requests, corresponding to respective requests, arranged in an area adjacent to an outer perimeter of said display device; said operation console is used in relation to an apparatus as an object of control operating in an operational mode selected by a user operation from among a plurality of operational modes; said specific information is mode selection information allowing selection of one operational mode from among two or more of a copy mode, a FAX mode, a document filing mode and a mail mode; the shape of said display device is substantially a rectangle in landscape orientation; one hardware mode operation button from among the plurality of hardware operation buttons for inputting the request for displaying said specific information is provided on a first area adjacent to one side of said rectangle; and the hardware operation button or buttons including the one hardware mode operation button provided on said first area are smaller in number than the hardware operation buttons provided on a second area adjacent to a side opposite to said one side.