Patent ID: 8686950

Claim:
A setting operation support device for a substrate processing apparatus, which supports a setting operation performed to select a setting in said substrate processing apparatus, the setting operation support device comprising: an operation button via which said substrate processing apparatus is operated; a touch-panel type operation display unit configured to display at least a screen related to settings for said operation button; a setting storage unit in which contents of a setting selected in said screen related to the settings for said operator interface object are stored; a setting support button that includes at least a function setting button via which a depression of said operation button switches an operation of said operation button to an operation for displaying said screen related to the settings for said operation button; a screen storage unit in which operation button setting-related screen information indicating a predetermined correlation between said operation button and said screen related to the settings for said operation button is stored; a control unit that, in response to a depression of said operation button following a depression of said function setting button, engages said operation display unit to display said setting screen correlated to said operation button searched from said screen storage unit; and a simulator configured to execute a simulation of an operation target object engaged in operation, wherein said operation display unit is configured to display a simulation image of said simulation, and while said simulation image is displayed, said operation display unit is configured to detect a touch operation on said simulation image specifying said operation target object that is being simulated.