Patent ID: 8395563
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
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, with 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.