Patent ID: 6329979
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G03G,G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An operation apparatus comprising:parameter input means for inputting plural kinds of parameters necessary for executing one information processing operation to form an output on a sheet of recording material, said parameter input means inputting the plural kinds of parameters in accordance with parameters displayed on a display screen of a display device;register means capable of registering plural kinds of parameters as a parameter group necessary for executing one information processing operation in response to a register instruction, said register means registering the plural kinds of parameters using an operation button;plural input means, respectively corresponding to plural parameter groups, for selecting a parameter group registered by said register means in response to operation of a respectively corresponding one of said plural input means, thereby retrieving the plural kinds of parameters of the parameter group selected by operation of the respectively corresponding one of said plural input means, for use in executing the information processing operation;display control means for controlling a display on the display screen in accordance with the register instruction so that a guidance message information is displayed at a position on the display screen for requesting an input from a user so that the user may select a single one of said plural input means to which the parameter group will be registered, wherein said display control means controls the display on the display screen such that the position at which the guidance message information is displayed corresponds to a position of the operation button used by said register means; andcontrol means for changing the parameter group in accordance with the single one of said plural input means selected by the user, and then controlling execution of the information processing operation in accordance with the parameter group corresponding to the single one of said plural input means selected by the user.