Patent ID: 7739603

Claim:
A signal routing apparatus for setting a signal route among a plurality of components of a signal processing system, comprising: a display part that displays a plurality of components each having at least one terminal for connection; an operator part that is operated by a user to select at least one terminal of one component at a source side of the connection on the display part; another operator part that is operated by the user to input an instruction for automatic connection; a detection part that responds to the instruction for automatic connection for detecting at least one terminal of another component at a destination side of the connection, which is automatically connectable to the selected terminal; and a connection part that automatically connects the selected terminal of said one component at the source side of the connection and the detected terminal of said another component at the destination side of the connection with one another so that a line is drawn on the display part between the selected terminal and the detected terminal, thereby setting the signal route among the components in the form of lines drawn between the terminals of the components on the display part.