Patent ID: 7750967

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus comprising: function holding means for holding functions of the image capturing apparatus, the functions being classified into corresponding categories, and for holding function explanations corresponding to the functions; identifier holding means for holding category identifiers indicating the categories and function identifiers indicating the functions; category display control means for allowing the category identifiers to be displayed along the horizontal direction; function display control means for allowing the function identifiers corresponding to the category to be operated in accordance with an operation input to be displayed along the vertical direction; operation accepting means for accepting an operation input for selecting one of the function identifiers displayed by the function display control means; and function explanation display control means for allowing the function explanation corresponding to the function selected by the operation input to be displayed, in which the category display control means, the function display control means, and the function explanation display control means respectively enables the category identifiers, the function identifiers corresponding to the category to be operated in accordance with the operation input, and the function explanation corresponding to the function selected by the operation input to be displayed in a single display screen.