Image processing apparatus, operation expansion method and operation expansion program

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extend an operation that can be accepted by using a plurality of keys.SOLUTION: An MFP includes: a non-correspondent operation identification section 63 for identifying a non-correspondent operation that is not associated any one of a plurality of ordinary operations, on a stage where an application program is installed or executed; an association section 61 for associating the non-correspondent operation with a specific operation formed from a combination of one of a plurality of keys and a state change condition; an operation discrimination section 81 for discriminating whether an operation corresponding to an instructed key is a specific operation or an ordinary operation; an operation identification section 83 by which, in the case where the operation is discriminated as an ordinary operation, an acceptance operation associated with the ordinary operation corresponding to the instructed key is identified but in the case where the operation is discriminated as a specific operation, an acceptance operation associated with the specific operation corresponding to the instructed key is identified; and an operation notification section 85 which outputs operation identification information of the identified acceptance operation to a first application execution section 65.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5