Patent ID: 6754544
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G05B,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for function settings of operating components in a piece of electronic equipment having a circuit configuration wherein an internal microcomputer circuit outputs control signals to functions to be controlled, based on input signals input from operating components, and which includes groups of operating components of a same type and characteristics, said system comprising:a connector for making connection between an external computer and said microcomputer circuit, a connection condition therebetween establishing whether a program for making settings of a correspondence between input and output ports is to be downloaded from said external computer to said microcomputer circuit, or whether said program is to be priorly stored in said microcomputer circuit, with data establishing a correspondence between input and output ports of the microcomputer circuit, with data establishing a correspondence between input and output ports of the microcomputer being transferred from said external computer, so that said microcomputer circuit, based on said program, executes establishment of settings of correspondence between input ports associated with groups of operating components of said same type and characteristics and output ports associated with functions that are to be controlled, wherein generation of correspondence data by said external computer is performed by displaying on a display of said external computer a layout screen showing operating components of the electronic equipment, with position information added at the display positions of each of said operating components and a table, which shows correspondences set up between position information of each group of operating components of said same type and characteristics and functional information icons of functions to be controlled that can be assigned to these operating component groups, said function information icons of said table being dragged and dropped onto display positions of operating components in said layout screen.