Patent ID: 8422106

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a display unit that includes a display region; an original image display unit that displays an original display image in the display region based on original image data; a touch panel that is superposed on the display region, the touch panel enabling a user of the image forming device to specify a prescribed position on the touch panel; a detecting unit that detects a prescribed position touched by the user and generates position data based on the prescribed position; a selected region determining unit that determines, based on the position data, a selected region in the original display image when the original image display unit displays the original display image in the display region, the original display image including the selected region and a non-selected region outside of the selected region in the original display image; a selected region display unit that displays a partially enhancement display image in the display region when the selected region determining unit determines the selected region, the partially enhancement display image including an enhancement region and a non-enhancement region, the enhancement region corresponding to the selected region, the non-enhancement region corresponding to the non-selected region, the selected region display unit comprising: a filter image superimposing unit that superimposes a filter image on the original display image to display the partially enhancement display image when the original image display unit displays the original display image, the filter image having a colored transparency, thereby making the original display image behind the filter image visible, the partially enhancement display image being visually partitioned into the enhancement region and the non-enhancement region by the filter image; and a filter image erasing unit that erases a part of the filter image corresponding to the selected region, the enhancement region corresponding to the part, the non-enhancement region corresponding to a remaining part of the filter image, an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; and a control unit that controls the image forming unit to form a partially enhancement image on the recording medium based on the original image data and the partially enhancement display image, the partially enhancement image including an enhancement part and a non-enhancement part, the enhancement part corresponding to the enhancement region, the non-enhancement part corresponding to the non-enhancement region, the control unit controlling the image forming unit to form the partially enhancement image by changing a parameter of at least one of the enhancement part and the non-enhancement part from a corresponding part of the original image data, the partially enhancement image excluding the filter image.