US 11,729,326 B2
Image forming apparatus and control method
Hideki Seto, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,979.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-037445 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294919 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00506 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00408 (2013.01); H04N 1/00477 (2013.01); H04N 1/00514 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a displayer that displays a display screen corresponding to a mode;
an obtainer that obtains content of a notification corresponding to the mode; and
a controller that sets a whole display area on the display screen as a first area for displaying content of the mode when the content of the notification is not to be displayed on the display screen, and divides the display area into the first area and a second area for displaying the content of the mode in the first area and the content of the notification in the second area when the content of the notification is to be displayed on the display screen.