Patent ID: 6771295
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
Electronic apparatus having an operation panel which is provided with a display section and an input operating section and serves as a man-machine interface, comprising:condition setting means for presetting a condition, under which an operation of detecting a malfunction in the operation panel is repeated; information storing means for storing information transmitted as a display content for the display section of the operation panel; content reading out means for reading out the display content displayed on the display section of the operation panel each time the condition set in the condition setting means is satisfied; malfunction judging means for comparing the display content read out by the content reading out means and displayed on the display section with the information stored in the information storing means, and based on a comparison result, judging whether there is a malfunction in the operation panel; and malfunction recovering means for, when the malfunction judging means determines that there is a malfunction in the operation panel, effecting a predetermined control for malfunction recovery, wherein the malfunction judging means analyzes input information in the input operating section of the operation panel, and based on a result of analysis, judges whether there is a malfunction in the operation panel.