US 12,081,709 B2
Image forming apparatus and control method for displaying information on a home screen
Hideki Seto, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,957.
Application 18/209,957 is a division of application No. 17/685,979, filed on Mar. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,729,326.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-037445 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328188 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a displayer that displays a home screen to allow a user to select an operation mode; and
a controller that controls display on the displayer,
wherein the controller displays, on the home screen, a first area to display a plurality of buttons for selecting the operation mode, and
when one or more notification contents related to the user are to be displayed, the controller displays, on the home screen, a second area, instead of a part of the first area, to display the one or more notification contents.