Patent ID: 8458591
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A image pickup apparatus, comprising: a touch panel unit configured to display a variety of screens, each including a plurality of buttons displayed therein, the touch panel unit allowing a user to select a desired button from among the plurality of buttons; a menu screen display controlling unit configured to control the touch panel so as to sequentially display menu screens through which the user navigates to a setting screen for setting a predetermined function by a predetermined operation in accordance with the selected buttons; a guide screen display control unit configured to control the touch panel unit so as to sequentially display guide screens through which the user navigates to the setting screen in accordance with the selected buttons in a path different from a path of the menu screens, each of the guide screens displaying a button or description regarding at least one of a purpose and an effect of the operation; and a simple operation mode setting unit configured to set a simple operation mode in which only particular functions are capable of being set, wherein an initial screen of the touch panel includes a menu button for advancing to the menu screen and a guide button for advancing to the guide screen, and when the simple operation mode is set by the simple operation mode setting unit and a setting screen displayed after the guide screens are sequentially displayed by the guide screen display control unit is a setting screen of a function not capable of being set in the simple operation mode, one of a cancel button to cancel the simple operation mode or a description of an operation to cancel the simple operation mode is displayed in the guide screens that are displayed immediately preceding the setting screen, wherein the setting screen displayed after the menu screens sequentially displayed by the menu screen display controlling unit, is the same as the setting screen displayed after the guide screens are sequentially displayed by the guide screen display controlling unit if the functions to be set are the same.