Patent ID: 7667685

Claim:
An operations panel comprising: a plurality of operations blocks that are attached to a main body of an electronic apparatus, and are used for selecting selection items corresponding to operational functions of the electronic apparatus; a selection information output unit that outputs a selection information item indicating the selection item selected in the operations block; a display operations block that is removably attachable to the main body, including a display unit that shows display selection items used for selecting the operational functions, a selection detecting unit that detects the selected display selection item shown by the display unit, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to show the selection items corresponding to the operations blocks together with the display selection item when the display operations block is removed from the main body; and a selection information retrieving unit that retrieves, as the selection information item, a selection result detected by the selection detecting unit of the display operations block removed from the main body; wherein the selection information output unit outputs the selection information item retrieved by the selection information retrieving unit to the electronic apparatus.