US 12,072,564 B2
Image forming apparatus
Mariko Mogi, Nagoya (JP); Hidenori Jo, Nagoya (JP); and Yuki Nagashima, Toyokawa (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,829.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-185016 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152619 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/13338 (2013.01) [G02F 1/0102 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit including a photosensitive drum;
a housing configured to house the image forming unit; and
a display operation panel located on an upper surface of the housing,
wherein the display operation panel includes:
a display panel having a plate shape, including a display surface on an upper surface of the display panel, and being inclined such that a front end edge of the display panel is located below a rear end edge of the display panel; and
a touch panel having a plate shape thinner than the display panel, including a touch surface on an upper surface of the touch panel, being inclined such that a front end edge of the touch panel is located below a rear end edge of the touch panel, and overlapping the display panel from above,
the touch surface includes:
a first region overlapping the display surface and configured to receive an input operation with respect to the touch panel; and
a second region not overlapping the display surface and configured to receive the input operation with respect to the touch panel, and
the front end edge of the display panel is located behind and above the front end edge of the touch panel such that the second region is located in front of and below the first region.