This application claims priority from Chinese Utility Model Application No. 201920406054.6 filed on Mar. 28, 2019, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an image forming apparatus and an operation panel unit used for the image forming apparatus.
An operation panel unit used for an image forming apparatus is known. The operation panel unit includes a display portion and can be input various control instructions to the image forming apparatus by directly pressing a display surface of the display portion (e.g., a touch-panel type) or by using a button disposed near the display surface (e.g., a switch type). In addition, the operation panel unit further includes a near field communication (hereinafter referred to as NFC) function. When a mobile terminal and an NFC reading portion disposed on the operation panel unit are close to each other, data communication can be performed, thereby realizing functions such as user identification authentication and user terminal access.
However, when a USB port is disposed on the operation panel unit as described above and the mobile terminal using the NFC reading portion and a device using the USB port are present at the same time, the problems of mutual interference may occur due to position of arrangement.
Aspects of the disclosure provide an operation panel unit used for an image forming apparatus, which avoids mutual interference when the mobile terminal using the NFC reading portion and the device using the USB port are present at the same time.
According to aspects of the disclosure, an operation panel unit may be used for an image forming apparatus and be configured to input various control instructions to the image forming apparatus. The operation panel unit may include a display portion, an NFC reading portion, and a USB port. The NFC reading portion and the USB port may be disposed on different surfaces of the display portion.
According to one or more aspects of the disclosure, an image forming apparatus may include an operation panel unit. The operation panel unit may be configured to input various control instructions to the image recording apparatus. The operation panel unit may include a display portion, an NFC reading portion, and a USB port. The NFC reading portion and the USB port may be disposed on different surfaces of the display portion.
Aspects of the disclosure are illustrated by way of example and not by limitation in the accompanying figures in which like reference characters indicate similar elements.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In each drawing, about components having the same function are denoted by the same reference mark.
As depicted in
Preferably, in the present disclosure, the direction with respect to the operation panel unit 2 is defined as follows: a left-right direction when a user views from a direction perpendicular to the display surface 22 (i.e. an x-axis direction in
Preferably, in the present disclosure, a region of the display portion 21 in the vicinity of an edge of the top surface 21′ on which the display surface 22 is located is referred to as an edge portion. As depicted in
Preferably, the NFC reading portion 23 and the USB port 24 may be located on different edge portions of the display portion 21. For example, as depicted in
Preferably, as depicted in
For example, in the above embodiment, the USB port 24 is located above the NFC reading portion 23 in the second direction (i.e. the y-axis direction in
Furthermore, the various embodiments in the present disclosure are not independent of each other. As long as there are not particular combining obstacles, it is obvious that various combinations and modifications may be made according to the various embodiments.
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