Patent ID: 8381103

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a display on which an operation screen among a plurality of operation screens is displayed in response to an operation by a user; a plurality of controls, each having an identification and a function executed when the control is operated by the user; an operation detector which detects a regular operation and a help operation on each of the controls by the user, the electronic device executing the function of a control when the regular operation on the control is detected by the operation detector; a help display controller which, in response to the help operation on a control detected by the operation detector, displays, on the display, a help screen, to display help contents explaining the function of each control based on help data, the help data including a plurality of positions of the help contents, and more than one positions of the help contents being associated with the identification of a control, the displayed help contents in a position associated with the identification of the operated control is displayed help contents providing an explanation about the operated control; a first controller which, when, after one help operation on a control of an identification is detected by the operation detector, another help operation on a control of an identification other than the identification is consecutively detected by the operation detector, controls the help display controller to display, on the help screen, help contents in a head position, out of the positions associated with the other identification; and a second controller which, when, after one help operation on a control of an identification is detected by the operation detector, another help operation on the same control of the same identification is consecutively detected by the operation detector, controls the help display controller to display, on the help screen, the help contents in a position associated with the identification, subsequent to a position where the help contents have been displayed in response to the one help operation.