Patent ID: 7447561

Claim:
A display apparatus for an injection molding machine in which a plurality of setting items of the injection molding machine are displayed on a display device, comprising: storage means for storing information on alterability/unalterability of each of the setting items in an operation of the injection molding machine; operation determining means for determining whether or not the injection molding machine is in operation; alterability/unalterability determining means for determining whether each of the setting items is alterable or unalterable during an operation of the injection molding machine based on the information on alterability/unalterability of each of the setting items; display appearance changing means for displaying one or more setting items that are determined alterable in a first display appearance and displaying the setting items that are determined unalterable in a second display appearance different from the first display appearance on the display device when it is determined that the injection molding machine is in operation, and displaying all of the setting items in the first display appearance on the display device when it is determined that the injection molding machine is not in operation, whereby the display appearance of the setting items that are determined unalterable is changed on the display device in dependence upon operation state of the injection molding machine.