发明名称 Display device
摘要 A display device includes a display area displaying information therein, an information storing unit storing therein a plurality of pieces of predetermined information displayable in the display area, an abbreviation storing unit storing therein an abbreviation corresponding to each of the predetermined information, an information detecting unit configured to detect first information of the predetermined information as a subject to be displayed in the display area, a judging unit judging whether the first information includes a plurality of pieces of information, and a first control unit configured to acquire each of the first information and an abbreviation thereof from the information storing unit and the abbreviation storing unit, respectively, and to display each of the first information and the abbreviation thereof in the display area, in case where it is judged that the first information includes a plurality of pieces of information.
申请公布号 US9093005(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.07.28
申请号 US200812076375 申请日期 2008.03.18
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Mizumukai Wataru
分类号 G06F17/00;G09G3/00;G03G15/00 主分类号 G06F17/00
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. A display device, comprising: a display area configured to display information therein; an information storing unit configured to store therein a plurality of event titles respectively representing one or more events known to occur in an image forming apparatus; an abbreviation storing unit configured to store therein an abbreviation corresponding to each of the plurality of event titles; a processor; and memory having instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate as: an event detecting unit configured to detect one or more events that have occurred in the image forming apparatus as a subject to be displayed in the display area;a judging unit configured to judge whether only one event has been detected or whether multiple events have been detected by the event detecting unit; anda first control unit configured to: in a first case where it is judged by the judging unit that the event detecting unit has detected multiple events, (i) acquire a first group of event titles representing a first group of events detected by the event detecting unit and a first group of abbreviations thereof from the information storing unit and the abbreviation storing unit, respectively, and (ii) display each acquired event title and each acquired abbreviation thereof in the display area,in a second case wherein it is judged by the judging unit that the event detecting unit has detected only one event, acquire and display one event title representing one event detected by the event detecting unit without acquiring and displaying the abbreviation thereof, andin a third case where it is judged by the judging unit that the event detecting unit has detected a second event when only the one event title is displayed, (i) acquire a first abbreviation of the one event title, (ii) acquire a second event title representing the second event and a second abbreviation of the second event title, and (iii) display the first abbreviation, the second abbreviation, and the second event title in addition to the one event title.
地址 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP