Patent ID: 8161406

Claim:
An image processing device having an operating portion for storing and recalling a programmed procedure, the operating portion comprising: a display portion on which a plurality of operation displays are shown; a plurality of operation keys for facilitating operation inputs; an operating control portion comprising a processor and program memory for controlling operations and the plurality of operation displays, the operating control portion further comprising program portions, stored in the program memory and executed by the processor, comprising: a mode selection processing portion that selects a desired combination of operational modes from a plurality of operational modes based upon inputs from among the plurality of operation keys; a program registration processing portion for registering a programmed procedure and storing in a portion of the program memory an identification for the programmed procedure, the programmed procedure corresponding to the selected combination of operational modes selected by the mode selection processing portion; a program selection processing portion capable of selecting a desired programmed procedure from among a plurality of programmed procedures stored in the program memory portion, wherein the selection of the desired programmed procedure is based upon an operator selection from among choices of programmed procedures shown on the display portion; a program call processing portion for setting operational modes of the image processing device based upon the identification of the selected programmed procedure; and a program search processing portion for searching among programmed procedures stored in the program memory portion based on search key information corresponding to an individual operational mode or a desired combination of operational modes; wherein the program search processing portion comprises a search key information setting portion for displaying a search key, allowing the programmed procedure to be selected, for creating an optional piece of search key information corresponding to one of the operational modes; wherein the program selection processing portion comprises a program list display processing portion for displaying an identification list of the programmed procedures stored in the program memory portion, the displayed identification list allowing the programmed procedure to be selected therefrom, and narrowing down the list with further search key operations to display only programmed procedures which include operational modes corresponding to the above selected search key; and wherein the search key and identification list appear on the same operation display.