Patent ID: 8908199

Claim:
An image processing apparatus capable of implementing a plurality of functions, said plurality of functions including functions belonging to a first group and functions belonging to a second group, comprising: a display device; a selection accepting unit for accepting selection of any of said first group and said second group; a first display control unit for causing said display device to display in a predetermined first region in its display screen a plurality of first keys corresponding to respective functions belonging to said first group, regardless of which of said first group and said second group has been selected; and a second display control unit for causing, when said second group is selected, said display device to display in a second region in said display screen other than said first region where said first keys are displayed, second keys corresponding to respective functions belonging to said second group, wherein said second display control unit displays more than one key of said second keys in said second region such that said more than one key of said second keys are aligned in a given direction and can be scrolled, said first keys and said second keys are capable of belonging to both said first group and said second group, and said image processing apparatus further comprises a grouping unit for grouping said first keys and said second keys such that they each belong to at least one of said first group and said second group.