Patent ID: 7639382

Claim:
A multi-function device for performing a plurality of types of functions collaterally, comprising: a display unit on which information regarding at least one of the plurality of types of functions is displayed; and a display controller that controls the display unit to display the information regarding at least one of the plurality of types of functions on the display unit, the display controller determining an order of priority repeatedly and at predetermined time intervals, and changing the order of priority used to determine which type of information of a plurality of types of information respectively related to the plurality of types of functions is displayed on the display unit in accordance with user operation, if the determined priority is different from the determined priority of a previous interval of the predetermined intervals, wherein the display controller has a plurality of tables of priority data respectively provided for the plurality of types of functions, each of the plurality of tables of priority data defining the order of priority with regard to corresponding one of the plurality of types of functions, wherein the display controller changes the order of priority with regard to the same plurality of types of functions by selectively using one of the plurality of tables of priority data.