IP Library Granted Patent US 8,176,441
Granted Patent B2
US 8,176,441 · App. 12/188,456 · Granted May 8, 2012

Information display device

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Patent No.
US 8,176,441
App. No.
12/188,456
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information display device includes a monitor, an operator, a display processor for displaying, on the monitor, identification information of item groups and items in the lower hierarchy of an item group, an item group selector for selecting one item group in response to an item group selecting operation on the operator, a display controller for making the display processor display, on the monitor, items in the lower hierarchy of the one item group selected by the item group selector, a first item selector for selecting an item from items currently displayed on the monitor in response to a first item selecting operation on the operator, and a second item selector for making the display processor sequentially display, on the monitor, items in the lower hierarchy of the item groups in response to a second item selecting operation on the operator, and for selecting an item from the displayed items.

Claims (18)

1. An information display device comprising:

a monitor section;

an operator;

a display processor that displays on the monitor section identification information of a plurality of item groups and a plurality of items which belong to a lower level hierarchy of at least one item group of the plurality of item groups;

an item group selector that selects at least one item group from the plurality of item groups in response to an item group selecting operation on the operator;

a display controller that makes the display processor conduct an operation of displaying a plurality of items which belong to the lower level hierarchy of the at least one item group selected by the item group selector on the monitor section;

a first item selector that selects at least one item from a plurality of items currently being displayed on the monitor section in response to a first item selecting operation on the operator; and

a second item selector that selects the display processor to conduct an operation of displaying a plurality of items, which belong to the lower level hierarchy of the plurality of item groups, and sequentially selecting each of the plurality of the displayed items belonging to the lower level hierarchy of one of the plurality of the item groups before displaying on the monitor section next one of the plurality of the item groups in sequence in response to a second item selecting operation on the operator, and selects at least one item from the displayed plurality of items,

wherein the operator comprises an operation key to be operated in selecting an item, and the first item selecting operation is an operation conducted on the operation key discontinuously, while the second item selecting operation is an operation conducted on the operation key continuously.

2. An information display device comprising:

a monitor section;

an operator;

a display processor that displays on the monitor section identification information of a plurality of item groups and a plurality of items which belong to a lower level hierarchy of at least one item group of the plurality of item groups;

an item group selector that selects at least one item group from the plurality of item groups in response to an item group selecting operation on the operator;

a display controller that makes the display processor conduct an operation of displaying a plurality of items which belong to the lower level hierarchy of the at least one item group selected by the item group selector on the monitor section;

a first item selector that selects at least one item from a plurality of items currently being displayed on the monitor section in response to a first item selecting operation on the operator; and

a second item selector that makes the display processor conduct an operation of displaying a plurality of items which belong to the lower level hierarchy of the plurality of item groups, and sequentially selects each of the plurality of the displayed items belonging to the lower level hierarchy of one of the plurality of the item groups before displaying on the monitor section next one of the plurality of the item groups in sequence in response to a second item selecting operation on the operator, and selects at least one item from the displayed plurality of items,

wherein the operator comprises an operation key to be operated in selecting an item, and the first item selecting operation is a short time operation conducted on the operation key, while the second item selecting operation is a long time operation conducted on the operation key.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT PATENT NUMBER 13/446,454, AND REPLACE WITH 13/466,454 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032467 FRAME 0095. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032601/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: XACTI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032467/0095 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2008
From: ICHII, NOBUHIKO; SAKAJI, RYO; SHIOJI, MASAHIRO; SAKAI, YURIE
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021421/0128 →