Patent ID: 8694919
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A menu display device comprising: a display section configured to display selectable menu items in a plurality of lines, each of the menu items being indicated with an icon having a frame in which a content of the menu item is described with a character, a graphic, a symbol, or these in combination, the frame having a specified shape and size; a menu item selector configured to select one of the menu items; and a control section configured to execute a control so that when the menu item is selected by the menu item selector, the plurality of lines are displayed overlapped with each other so as to hide the icons indicated in the one or more lines other than the line including the selected menu item, the line including the selected menu item is displayed at a forefront, and a selection item corresponding to the selected menu item is displayed under the selected menu item; wherein the display section displays the plurality of menu items indicating different contents from each other, the menu items being arranged in lateral and longitudinal directions of a screen so that a user can recognize all of the menu items visually; wherein when one of the menu items is selected by the menu item selector, the control section executes, using the display section, a display control including processes of: wherein when displaying the selection items under the selected menu item, the control section changes the number of lines and rows in which the selection items should be displayed, in accordance with the number of the selection items belonging to the selected menu item, and wherein when the number of selection items under the selected menu item is greater than a predefined number, the selection items are displayed in two or more rows.