Patent ID: 9591154
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A display control apparatus comprising: a display; a processor configured to display a setting screen on the display, the setting screen displaying a plurality of function buttons for setting a plurality of functions installed in the display control apparatus; and a switching operation unit configured to receive a switching operation to switch a display mode of the setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, wherein a first setting screen that is the setting screen displayed in the first display mode displays, among the plurality of function buttons, a predetermined number of function buttons that are classified into groups and arranged in a predetermined direction, and when operation input to sequentially change the predetermined number of function buttons to be displayed is received, sequentially changes and displays the predetermined number of function buttons, a second setting screen that is the setting screen displayed in the second display mode displays a plurality of group specification buttons for specifying groups to which function buttons belong, and when operation input to select one of the group specification buttons is received, displays a function button that belongs to a specified group, and the processor is configured to, when the switching operation unit has received the switching operation to switch the display mode, identify a group to which a function button displayed on the setting screen in a pre-switching display mode belongs, and display the function button that belongs to the group that has been identified, on the setting screen in a post-switching display mode.