Patent ID: 8739036
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a display unit configured to display a setting menu; an operation unit configured to receive an operation from a user; an operation detection unit configured to detect the operation received by the operation unit; a timer unit configured to measure an elapsed time that has elapsed since a first start operation relating to a setting of a given function received by the operation unit is detected by the operation detection unit; a help display processing unit configured to cause the display unit to display help information thereon if an end operation relating to the given function has not been detected by the operation detection unit and an operation other than the end operation has been detected by the operation detection unit when the elapsed time measured by the timer unit reaches a predetermined time after the first start operation is detected, wherein: the timer unit is configured to stop measuring the elapsed time in accordance with detection of the end operation; the first start operation comprises an operation of a first button; and the end operation comprises an operation of a second button; an operation history recording unit configured to record an operation history of operations received by the operation unit after the first start operation was detected by the operation detection unit; and a help information selection unit configured to select help information based on the operation history recorded by the operation history recording unit, wherein: the help display processing unit is configured to cause the display unit to display the help information selected by the help information selection unit, and when the help information selection unit determines that one or more specific tabs have been displayed a predetermined number of times by switching operations between the tabs in the setting menu, the help information selection unit selects help information relating to setting items corresponding to the one or more specific tabs.