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- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, method, and program product for controlling operations of image forming apparatus through various types of operation panels
- Patent Title (中): 用于通过各种操作面板控制图像形成装置的操作的图像形成装置,方法和程序产品
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Application No.: US11354196Application Date: 2006-02-15
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Publication No.: US08294926B2Publication Date: 2012-10-23
- Inventor: Kentaro Nagatani , Tomoyuki Atsumi , Hiroaki Sugimoto , Hiroyasu Ito , Tatsuro Asano
- Applicant: Kentaro Nagatani , Tomoyuki Atsumi , Hiroaki Sugimoto , Hiroyasu Ito , Tatsuro Asano
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Priority: JP2005-296078 20051011
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06K15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus with increased convenience of setting an operation panel includes a touch panel LCD, an LCD controller, a video RAM, a control RAM, a panel CPU performing an operation for realizing the image forming apparatus based on data input from outside, a nonvolatile RAM a backup power supply, a flash ROM, a communication unit, a printer CPU performing communications for realizing image formation processing with the panel CPU through the communication unit, an input/output unit, a control RAM, an image RAM, a flash ROM, and an external I/F controller.
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