Patent ID: 8013922

Claim:
A mode selecting device of an electronic apparatus which performs an operation according to a table in which valid operation modes being selected for each setting item one by one out of a plurality of operation modes assigned to each of L of the setting items are successively registered, said electronic apparatus being operated through operation of a plurality of keys, comprising: a display, the display having a reference position associated therewith, the reference position being a designated location on the display; an extractor which extracts successive M of valid operation modes from said table; a first displayer which displays respectively at positions including said reference position on the display M (M<L) of first characters out of L of the first characters respectively corresponding to L of the valid operation modes, said M of said first characters respectively corresponding to said successive M of valid operation modes extracted by said extractor; a first key operation acceptor which accepts a first key operation to select said successive M of valid operation modes; an extraction renewer which renews, in response to the first key operation accepted by said first key operation acceptor, the valid operation modes to be extracted by said extractor; a detector which detects a plurality of operation modes except for the valid operation mode corresponding to the first character displayed at the reference position on the display by said first displayer; a second displayer which additionally concurrently displays on the display at least one second character corresponding to the operation modes detected by said detector with respect to said first character; a second acceptor which accepts a second key operation to select the second character displayed by said second displayer; a table renewer which renews said table, in response to the second key operation accepted by said second key operation acceptor, by registering the operation mode corresponding to a selected second character as the valid operation mode; and a display changer which changes the display, in response to the table renewer, to display in the reference position the selected second character corresponding to the operation mode registered by the table renewer as the valid operation mode, said first character being displayed concurrently with said selected second character at a position different from the reference position on the display in response to said table renewer renewing said table by registering the operation mode corresponding to said selected second character as the valid operation mode, the operation mode represented by said selected second character being at the same hierarchical level in the operation of the electronic apparatus as the operation mode represented by said first character concurrently displayed with said selected second character on the display in response to said table renewer renewing said table.