Patent ID: 6567627
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An operation control device for controlling an apparatus having a plurality of functional modes, comprising:a display device; an operator input device for permitting selections to be made by the operator; a display controller for displaying function setting screens, configured in a hierarchy, having function selections displayed thereon for setting ones of said plurality of functional modes using said operator input device, said function setting screens of said hierarchy including: top level screens having shortcut selections to which a set of function settings selected using said function selections are allocatable; and lower level screens accessible via said top level screens and none or more of others of said lower level screens, said lower level screens including detailed function selections of said function selections, and a registration selection for allocating to one of said shortcut selections of said top level screens set ones of said detailed function selections which are set at a time of selecting said registration selection; an allocation controller for allocating to said one of said shortcut selections of said top level screens said set ones of said detailed function selections when said registration selection is selected using said operator input device; and a function setting controller for setting ones of said plurality of functional modes into operation in response to selection of said function selections and said shortcut selections, wherein selection of ones of said shortcut selections operates said display controller to display said detailed function selections which were set at the time of selecting said registration selection for said selected ones of said shortcut selections.