Patent ID: 7840621
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A scientific electronic calculating apparatus comprising: a display unit; a menu screen display control unit for controlling the display unit to display a function-selecting menu screen for selecting a function to be executed from among a plurality of calculating functions executable by the scientific electronic calculating apparatus; a recording medium receiving unit for receiving a recording medium; a reading unit for reading out (i) function disabling information for disabling at least one of the plurality of calculating functions and (ii) a function-disabled image, from the recording medium received in the recording medium receiving unit; a function disabling unit for disabling at least one function of the plurality of calculating functions based on the function disabling information read out by the reading unit; a function-disabled image display control unit for controlling the display unit to display the function-disabled image read out by the reading unit, when a function is disabled by the function disabling unit; and a start-up disabled mark display control unit for controlling the display unit to display, on the function-selecting menu screen, a mark indicating the at least one function disabled by the function displaying unit as a disabled function among the plurality of calculating functions, after the function-disabled image display control unit controls the display unit to display the function-disabled image.