Patent ID: 7921378

Claim:
An information processing device having multiple setting items, comprising: a relevance table defining a degree of relevance between each pair of setting items included in the multiple setting items; a display unit configured to display icons respectively corresponding to the multiple setting items; a selecting unit configured to select one of the icons displayed on the display unit; a relevance acquisition unit which acquires the degree of relevance between a selected setting item corresponding to the selected icon and each of the other setting items by referring to the relevance table when one of the icons displayed by the display unit is selected; a display control unit which rearranges the icons displayed on the display unit such that the icon corresponding to the selected setting item and the icons respectively corresponding to the other setting items are arranged in accordance with the degrees of relevance acquired by the relevance acquisition unit to indicate the relevance thereamong, wherein the display control unit displays the icons of the selected setting item and the other setting items such that an icon corresponding to a setting item having a higher degree of relevance to the selected setting item is located at a position closer to the selected icon; a dependence relationship table storing information on dependence relationship between each pair of setting items included in the multiple setting items; and a dependence relationship acquisition unit which acquires the information on the dependence relationship between the selected setting item and each of the other setting items by referring to the dependence relationship table when one of the icons displayed by the display unit is selected, wherein the display control unit displays the icons corresponding to setting items dependent on the selected setting item by partially underlaying the icons corresponding to the selected icon based on the information on the dependence relationship acquired by the dependence relationship acquisition unit.