公开(公告)号：US20130335767A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-19

申请号：US13956539

申请日：2013-08-01

Applicant: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kwang-soo HA ,  Tae-hoi DO

IPC: H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00392 ,  G03G15/5016

Abstract: An image forming apparatus through which a user inputs characters using a rotatable search wheel. The image forming apparatus includes a display unit to display a character set in order to input characters, a search wheel, which is able to rotate, to search for characters to be input from the displayed character set while being rotated, an input button to select the characters searched by the search wheel and to input the selected characters, and a control unit to display on the display unit characters selected from the displayed character set according to a rotation direction of the search wheel. Therefore, it is possible to input characters more conveniently and rapidly.