Patent ID: 6369833
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
An operator control unit for operator control of a reproduction system, the control unit comprising:display means for displaying operating screens; operator control means for making selections on said operating screens; a first memory for storing a template sentence containing a series of words and word fields; a second memory for storing word sets corresponding to the word fields, each said word set containing word units; generator means for generating a first operating screen for displaying the template sentence and for displaying corresponding word sets near said word fields; word unit means for selecting a word unit from one of said word sets in response to user actuation of said operator interface in order to include the word unit in a corresponding word field; instruction selection means for selecting a processor instruction based upon said template sentence and the selected word units; confirmation means for confirming the selected word units in response to further user actuation of said operator interface; and processor means for performing the processor instruction selected by the instruction selection means when the confirmation means is activated by the user.