Apparatus operation device for operating an apparatus without using eyesight
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1. An apparatus operation device for operating an apparatus, comprising:
- an operation input device configured to allow a user to input an instruction for operating the apparatus without using eyesight, the operation input device comprising a ten-key pad and a confirmation key for confirming selection of the desired operation or setting item at the presently pointed position on the operation menu;
an output device configured to output information informing the user of a status of inputting the instruction for operating the apparatus and a result of inputting the instruction for operating the apparatus by a sound and a voice so that the user can operate the apparatus without using eyesight; and
an operation menu in which operation items for a function of the apparatus and setting items for each operation item are arranged in a layered tree-structure, wherein each of the operation items and the setting items in the operation menu has a function number,wherein the instruction for operating the apparatus is input by the user by moving a presently pointed position on the operation menu to a desired operation or setting item in the operation menu to select the desired operation or setting item to be set by designating the desired operation or setting item by inputting a function number of the desired operation or setting item with the ten-key pad, and by confirming selection of the desired operation or setting item at the presently pointed position with the confirmation key,wherein a first number key of a lateral line of said ten-key pad creates, when used, sideways movement of the presently pointed position on the operation menu arranged in the layered tree-structure, andwherein a second number key of a vertical line of said ten-key pad creates, when used, upward or downward movement of the presently pointed position on the operation menu arranged in the layered tree-structure.
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Abstract
An apparatus operation device for operating an apparatus comprising an operation input device configured to allow a user to input an instruction for operating the apparatus without using eyesight, and an output device configured to output information informing the user of a status of inputting the instruction for operating the apparatus and a result of inputting the instruction for operating the apparatus by a sound and a voice so that the user can operate the apparatus without using eyesight.
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1. An apparatus operation device for operating an apparatus, comprising:
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an operation input device configured to allow a user to input an instruction for operating the apparatus without using eyesight, the operation input device comprising a ten-key pad and a confirmation key for confirming selection of the desired operation or setting item at the presently pointed position on the operation menu; an output device configured to output information informing the user of a status of inputting the instruction for operating the apparatus and a result of inputting the instruction for operating the apparatus by a sound and a voice so that the user can operate the apparatus without using eyesight; and an operation menu in which operation items for a function of the apparatus and setting items for each operation item are arranged in a layered tree-structure, wherein each of the operation items and the setting items in the operation menu has a function number, wherein the instruction for operating the apparatus is input by the user by moving a presently pointed position on the operation menu to a desired operation or setting item in the operation menu to select the desired operation or setting item to be set by designating the desired operation or setting item by inputting a function number of the desired operation or setting item with the ten-key pad, and by confirming selection of the desired operation or setting item at the presently pointed position with the confirmation key, wherein a first number key of a lateral line of said ten-key pad creates, when used, sideways movement of the presently pointed position on the operation menu arranged in the layered tree-structure, and wherein a second number key of a vertical line of said ten-key pad creates, when used, upward or downward movement of the presently pointed position on the operation menu arranged in the layered tree-structure. - 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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