Patent ID: 8251892

Claim:
An action display system comprising: an acting portion configured to act with first and second degrees of freedom; an input portion configured to accept an input for operating the acting portion; a drive portion configured to actuate the acting portion; an action instruction signal generating portion configured to generate an action instruction signal for instructing an action of the acting portion in response to an input to the input portion; an action control portion configured to control the drive portion such that the acting portion acts in accordance with the action instruction signal, the action control portion switchable between a regular mode to enable an action of the acting portion with the first and second degrees of freedom and an action disabled mode to disable an action of the acting portion with one degree of freedom; an image obtaining portion configured to obtain an image associated with an action state of the acting portion; and a display portion configured to display an index associated with the regular mode and the action disabled mode of the action control portion together with the image.