Patent ID: 8219913
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A parameter setting apparatus provided with a display unit having a touch sensor for sensing touch operation on a display screen and position of the touch, the parameter setting apparatus comprising: an image outputting portion for outputting, to the display unit, an image on which a plurality of on/off buttons to each of which an on/off parameter is assigned are displayed; an on/off parameter setting portion for reversing, when it is determined on the basis of output from the touch sensor that the touch operation has been started in an area of any one of the on/off buttons displayed on the display screen by the image outputting portion, on/off state of the on/off parameter assigned to the one on/off button; and an on/off parameter copying portion for setting, when it is determined on the basis of output from the touch sensor that, after the start of the touch operation, the touched position has moved to an area of another on/off button displayed on the display screen with the touch on the display screen being maintained, on/off state of the on/off parameter assigned to the another on/off button to the same on/off state as that of the on/off parameter assigned to the one on/off button in the area of which the touch operation has been started.