Patent ID: 8185846

Claim:
A teaching box for monitoring and operating an industrial robot, which is operable in a plurality of working modes including a teaching mode and an operation setting mode, the teaching box comprising: a display panel; a main menu area displayed on the display panel so as to present a plurality of operation modes; and a general-purpose area displayed on the display panel so as to present a working status of the industrial robot, wherein: one of the plurality of operation modes displayed on the display panel is a screen setting mode, the teaching box is configured to display a plurality of sub-menus upon selection of the screen setting mode, the plurality of sub-menus including a text customization sub-menu, the teaching box is operable to communicate with a robot controller of the industrial robot to set a working condition and to monitor an operating state of the industrial robot, and in response to a selection of the text customization sub-menu, the teaching box is configured to display: an area selection portion configured to select one of the main menu area and the general-purpose area for text customization, a color selection portion configured to set a color of text in the selected one of the main menu area and the general-purpose area, and a size selection portion configured to set a size of the text in the selected one of the main menu area and the general-purpose area.