Electronic device and function assigning method

• US 20110102329A1
• Filed: 01/05/2011
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ohashi, Hisashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,990,730 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/172
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0238 Programmable keyboards key guide holders G06F3/0224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/617 Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters

Abstract

At step ST2, an assign key changing item is selected from menu items. At step ST3, an assign key to which a function is assigned is selected. At step ST4, a function to be assigned is selected. The selected function is assigned to the selected assign key. At step ST5, a setting result indication screen appears. When one of two paired functions is assigned, a message which prompts a user to assign the other function. After the message has appeared for a predetermined time, the latest assigned states appear. At step ST6, the latest assign key information is stored to a non-volatile memory. To quit an assigning process, a menu button 8 is pressed and the menu is closed (at step ST8).

Claims

1. An electronic device having a display panel and a plurality of keys to which desired functions can be assigned, comprising:

displaying a plurality of items on the display panel;

setting a desired item which is selected from the plurality of items;

displaying a setting screen corresponding to the desired item which is selected; and

setting the desired item by using the setting screen,

wherein a function for displaying the setting screen when one of the keys is operated is assigned to at least one of the plurality of keys.

2. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1,

wherein when one of two paired functions is assigned to one of the plurality of keys, a message which prompts a user to assign the other of the two paired functions to the key appears.

3. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1,

wherein when one of two paired functions is assigned to one of the plurality of keys, the other of the paired functions is automatically assigned to the key.

4. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1,

wherein a sequence of operations that a user has preformed are stored and stored operations are assigned to one of the plurality of keys.

5. The electronic device as set forth in claim 1,

wherein functions assigned to two keys of the plurality of keys are changed with each other.

6. An electronic device having a display panel and a plurality of keys to which desired functions can be assigned, comprising:

displaying a plurality of items on the display panel;

setting a desired item which is selected from the plurality of items;

displaying a setting screen corresponding to the desired item which is selected; and

setting the desired item by using the setting screen,

wherein a function for displaying the setting screen for items that are not included in the plurality of items when one of the keys is operated is assigned to at least one of the plurality of keys.

7. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6,

wherein when one of two paired functions is assigned to one of the plurality of keys, a message which prompts a user to assign the other of the two paired functions to the key appears.

8. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6,

wherein when one of two paired functions is assigned to one of the plurality of keys, the other of the paired functions is automatically assigned to the key.

9. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6,

wherein a sequence of operations that a user has preformed are stored and stored operations are assigned to one of the plurality of keys.

10. The electronic device as set forth in claim 6,

wherein functions assigned to two keys of the plurality of keys are changed with each other.

11. A method of assigning desired functions to a plurality of keys, comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of items and selecting a desired item from the plurality of items; and

selecting a key to which a function is assigned from the plurality of keys,

wherein a function which has been selected at the function selecting step and which can be set on a menu is assigned to the key selected at the key selecting step.

12. A method of assigning desired functions to a plurality of keys, comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of items and selecting a desired item from the plurality of items; and

selecting a key to which a function is assigned from the plurality of keys,

wherein a function which has been selected at the function selecting step and which is other than functions which can be set on a menu is assigned to the key selected at the key selecting step.