| US 7,584,427 B2 | ||
| Operating method and device, and image processing apparatus using the same | ||
| Masahiro Machida, Ebina (Japan); and Tatsuhiko Saitoh, Ebina (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 19, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/810,534. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-084974 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2000; and application No. 2000-085025 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2001/0026290 A1, Oct. 04, 2001 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—713 [715/708; 715/828; 715/829] | 9 Claims |
| 1. An operating method for sequentially performing settings for plural items in a predetermined order, the method comprising:
storing plural setting menu display data provided to the respective plural items;
displaying, in a single frame of a display device, the stored plural setting menu display data of plural items to be set;
allowing an operator to input an instruction to perform settings of the plural items through the display device; and
performing setting of the plural items in accordance with the inputted instruction; wherein
when setting of a first item which is being set is performed based on the inputted instruction, a setting menu display data
of a second item that is next to the first item in the predetermined order is displayed, and the first item is displayed as
an item which has been already set,
an item which has been already set, an item which is being set along with parameters to choose from, and an item which has
not yet been set are displayed in the single frame of the display device so as to be distinguishable from one another,
an operation of displaying a setting frame for an item which has been already set is allowed to be carried out when one of
plural setting frames is displayed,
when the setting frame for the item which has been already set is displayed, the setting for the item is carried out, and
the setting frame being displayed is automatically restored to a previous setting frame which is displayed just before the
setting frame for the item which has been already set is displayed, and
when the setting frame is restored to the previous setting frame, a state which has been just previously set is maintained.
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