Patent ID: 8291333

Claim:
An air conditioning controller configured to operate an air conditioner, the air conditioning controller comprising: a storage component having stored operation explanation data, relationship explanation data, and setting layout display data stored therein, the stored operation explanation data defining operations of functions executed in the air conditioner based on set numeric data, the relationship explanation data defining relationships between explanations of operations of functions and the set numeric data, and the setting display layout data including setting display region data used to display the set numeric data and explanation display region data used to display the operation explanation data and the relationship explanation data; a data receiving component configured to receive the set numeric data; a display component configured to display data; and a control component configured to cause the set numeric data that the data receiving component has received to be displayed in a setting display region of the display component while causing the operation explanation data and the relationship explanation data to be displayed in an explanation display region of the display component in accordance with the setting display layout data, the setting display region being derived from the setting display region data and the explanation display region being derived from the explanation display region data, and the setting display region and the explanation display region being disposed to show the relationships between the set numeric data and both the operation explanation data and the relationship explanation data.