Patent ID: 8354976
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying support information which enables an operator to adjust settings of an image display device or to solve a problem occurring in the image display device, the method comprising: detecting, by a central processing unit, internal conditions of the image display device; providing inquiring messages based on the detected internal conditions identifying problems occurring in the image display device and assisting messages each showing information for assisting an operator to solve a respective one of the identified problems; providing associations between the inquiring messages and the assisting messages, each of the associations being defined by at least one of the detected internal conditions; displaying the inquiring messages on a help screen such that an operator can select one of the inquiring messages; and displaying at least one assisting message on the help screen in accordance with the associations, if the operator selects one of the inquiring messages, wherein one or more inquiring messages are not displayed on the help screen, if the one or more inquiring messages are determined to be unnecessary for the operator by a detected internal condition.