Multi-hierarchical menu selection device, method of operating multi-hierarchical menu selection device, and program for operating multi-hierarchical menu selection device
First Claim
1. A multi-hierarchical menu selection device, comprising:
- a processor configured to;
control output of a selection screen in which a multi-hierarchical menu including at least three hierarchical menus including a first hierarchical menu having first options that are first selected, a last hierarchical menu having last options that are last selected, and a common hierarchical menu arranged between the first hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu and having a plurality of submenus including common options having a common attribute is displayed, the respective hierarchical menus appear in an order from a high-level hierarchy according to an instruction to select each option, and each option selected in each hierarchical menu is changeable until selection of the last option is determined,wherein the first hierarchical menu, common hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu have a tree structure including a plurality of selection routes having branch points corresponding to number of first options, common options and the last options;
receive the instruction to select each option on the selection screen; and
select automatically the option on the basis of option relationship information indicating a relationship among the respective options, the option relationship information including common option information indicating which of the respective options is a common option, and selection route information indicating a selection route of each option according to the selection instruction,wherein in a case where the processor receives an instruction to change the option present in the selection route directed to the common option that is being currently selected into another option in a hierarchical menu at a higher level than the common hierarchical menu in a state in which one common option of one submenu of the common hierarchical menu is selected, the processor searches for the common options that is reachable via the other option and that is the other submenus in the same common hierarchical menu as the common option selected immediately before the change, and automatically selects the searched common options.
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Abstract
A multi-hierarchical menu selection device, a method of operating a multi-hierarchical menu selection device, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for operating a multi-hierarchical menu selection device capable of labor saving of an option changing operation are provided. In a case where an instruction to change an option present in a selection route directed to the common option that is being currently selected into another option in a hierarchical menu at a higher level than the common hierarchical menu is received in a state in which one common option of one submenu of a common hierarchical menu is selected, a common option that is reachable via the other option and that is the other submenus in the same common hierarchical menu as the common option selected immediately before the change is searched for, and the searched common options are automatically selected.
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23 Claims
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1. A multi-hierarchical menu selection device, comprising:
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a processor configured to; control output of a selection screen in which a multi-hierarchical menu including at least three hierarchical menus including a first hierarchical menu having first options that are first selected, a last hierarchical menu having last options that are last selected, and a common hierarchical menu arranged between the first hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu and having a plurality of submenus including common options having a common attribute is displayed, the respective hierarchical menus appear in an order from a high-level hierarchy according to an instruction to select each option, and each option selected in each hierarchical menu is changeable until selection of the last option is determined, wherein the first hierarchical menu, common hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu have a tree structure including a plurality of selection routes having branch points corresponding to number of first options, common options and the last options; receive the instruction to select each option on the selection screen; and select automatically the option on the basis of option relationship information indicating a relationship among the respective options, the option relationship information including common option information indicating which of the respective options is a common option, and selection route information indicating a selection route of each option according to the selection instruction, wherein in a case where the processor receives an instruction to change the option present in the selection route directed to the common option that is being currently selected into another option in a hierarchical menu at a higher level than the common hierarchical menu in a state in which one common option of one submenu of the common hierarchical menu is selected, the processor searches for the common options that is reachable via the other option and that is the other submenus in the same common hierarchical menu as the common option selected immediately before the change, and automatically selects the searched common options. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of operating a multi-hierarchical menu selection device, comprising:
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a screen output control step of controlling output of a selection screen in which a multi-hierarchical menu including at least three hierarchical menus including a first hierarchical menu having first options that are first selected, a last hierarchical menu having last options that are last selected, and a common hierarchical menu arranged between the first hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu and having a plurality of submenus including common options having a common attribute is displayed, the respective hierarchical menus appear in an order from a high-level hierarchy according to an instruction to select each option, and each option selected in each hierarchical menu is changeable until selection of the last option is determined; wherein the first hierarchical menu, common hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu have a tree structure including a plurality of selection routes having branch points corresponding to number of first options, common options and the last options; an instruction reception step of receiving the instruction to select each option on the selection screen; and an automatic selection step of automatically selecting the option on the basis of option relationship information indicating a relationship among the respective options, the option relationship information including common option information indicating which of the respective options is a common option, and selection route information indicating a selection route of each option according to the selection instruction, wherein in a case where an instruction to change the option present in the selection route directed to the common option that is being currently selected into another option in a hierarchical menu at a higher level than the common hierarchical menu is received in the instruction reception step in a state in which one common option of one submenu of the common hierarchical menu is selected, the automatic selection step includes searching for the common options that is reachable via the other option and that is the other submenus in the same common hierarchical menu as the common option selected immediately before the change, and automatically selecting the searched common options. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for operating a multi-hierarchical menu selection device, the program causing a computer to execute:
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a screen output control function of controlling output of a selection screen in which a multi-hierarchical menu including at least three hierarchical menus including a first hierarchical menu having first options that are first selected, a last hierarchical menu having last options that are last selected, and a common hierarchical menu arranged between the first hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu and having a plurality of submenus including common options having a common attribute is displayed, the respective hierarchical menus appear in an order from a high-level hierarchy according to an instruction to select each option, and each option selected in each hierarchical menu is changeable until selection of the last option is determined; wherein the first hierarchical menu, common hierarchical menu and the last hierarchical menu have a tree structure including a plurality of selection routes having branch points corresponding to number of first options, common options and the last options; an instruction reception function of receiving the instruction to select each option on the selection screen; and an automatic selection function of automatically selecting the option on the basis of option relationship information indicating a relationship among the respective options, the option relationship information including common option information indicating which of the respective options is a common option, and selection route information indicating a selection route of each option according to the selection instruction, wherein in a case where an instruction to change the option present in the selection route directed to the common option that is being currently selected into another option in a hierarchical menu at a higher level than the common hierarchical menu is received in the instruction reception function in a state in which one common option of one submenu of the common hierarchical menu is selected, the automatic selection function includes searching for the common options that is reachable via the other option and that is the other submenus in the same common hierarchical menu as the common option selected immediately before the change, and automatically selecting the searched common options. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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