Patent ID: 9727222
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F

Claim:
1. A device having a function of displaying control functions of the device as menus of a hierarchical structure to select and input the control functions, the device comprising: a CPU configured to control the whole device; and a touch-panel display comprising: the touch-panel display comprising: the touch-panel display comprising a change switch configured to switch between the first display mode and the second display mode in the menu display selection area, the change switch comprising a plural-row mark to indicate that a plurality of menus exist at the first level, wherein the CPU is configured to switch between the first display mode and the second display mode to display the specific one menu or all of the menus in the menu display selection area of the touch-panel display, wherein when a plurality of menus exist at the first level, the plural-row mark is displayed, and when a plurality of menus do not exist at the first level, the plural-row mark is hidden, and wherein when the menus are displayed in the second display mode, the plural-row mark is lit, and when the menu is displayed in the first display mode, the plural-row mark is unlit.