Multifunction peripheral

Abstract

A multifunction peripheral comprises an operating panel, and a home screen for performing selection of an operation mode, etc. on the operating panel is displayed if a home button is operated. If selecting a simple copy button in the home screen, for example, a copy screen is displayed on the operating panel. Furthermore, if selecting a simple facsimile button in the home screen, a fax screen is displayed on the operating panel. Furthermore, if selecting a simple scan button in the home screen, a scan screen is displayed on the operating panel. Layout of the home screen and layout of each of the copy screen, the facsimile screen and the scan screen are similar to each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A multifunction peripheral having a plurality of operation modes, comprising:
 a display portion configured to display a first user interface image for selecting an operation mode and a second user interface image for setting an operation condition in a selected operation mode, wherein   the first user interface image has a plurality of first operating icons, and includes a first display region that the plurality of first operating icons for selecting a plurality of operation modes are switchably displayed, a second display region that the plurality of first operating icons are fixedly displayed and a third display region that displays the plurality of first operating icons,   the second user interface image has a plurality of second operating icons, and includes a third display region that the plurality of second operating icons for setting a plurality of operation conditions are switchably displayed, a fifth display region that the plurality of second operating icons are fixedly displayed and a sixth display region that display a operation mode that is selected from the plurality of operation modes by the first user interface image,   the first display region and the fourth display region have an overlapping area, the second display region and the fifth display region have an overlapping area, and the third display region and the sixth display region have an overlapping area.   
     
     
         2 . The multifunction peripheral according to  claim 1 , wherein the overlapping area has an area larger than an area of a non-overlapping area in each of the third display region and the sixth display region. 
     
     
         3 . The multifunction peripheral according to  claim 1 , wherein an entire display region of the display portion is a rectangular shape, and the third display region and the sixth display region are provided along the same side of the entire display region. 
     
     
         4 . The multifunction peripheral according to  claim 3 , wherein the second display region and the fifth display region are provided along the same side of the entire display region. 
     
     
         5 . The multifunction peripheral according to  claim 3 , wherein each of the third display region and the sixth display region is provided along one of two opposite sides of an entire display region of the display portion, and each of the second display region and the fifth display region is provided along another one of the two opposite sides. 
     
     
         6 . The multifunction peripheral according to  claim 3 , wherein each of the third display region and the sixth display region is provided along an upper end of the display portion. 
     
     
         7 . The multifunction peripheral according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second operating icons include a plurality of setting icons configured to set operation conditions, a start key configured to instruct performing image processing, and a reset key configured to instruct clearing set content of the operation conditions, and
 irrespective of the operation mode, the plurality of setting icons are displayed in the third display region, and the start key and the reset key are displayed in the fifth display region.   
     
     
         8 . The multifunction peripheral according to  claim 7 , wherein the start key is displayed in any one of the corner portions of the entire display region, and the reset key is displayed in another one of the corner portions of the entire display region.