MENU DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20020060749A1
• Filed: 12/30/1998
• Published: 05/23/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: FUNAKOSHI, HIDEAKI, ITAKURA, KOSHIRO
• Granted Patent: US 6,876,397 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/569
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits

Abstract

A menu display apparatus including a selection unit for inputting data for selecting an arbitrary one of a plurality of menu items respectively assigned with numbers which are displayed on a screen of a display unit, and a display control unit for displaying on the screen the number corresponding to the menu item selected by the selection unit.

Claims

1. A menu display apparatus comprising:

selection means for inputting data for selecting an arbitrary one of a plurality of menu items respectively assigned with numbers which are displayed on a screen of display means; and

display control means for displaying on the screen the number corresponding to the menu item selected by said selection means.

2. The menu display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number corresponding to the menu item selected by said selection means and being displayed on the screen is displayed at a position separated from a display position of the menu items in a size larger than that of display letters of the menu items.

3. The menu display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number corresponding to the menu item selected by said selection means and being displayed on the screen is displayed at a corner position separated from a display position of the menu items in a size two times or more as large as that of display letters of the menu items.

4. The menu display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number corresponding to the menu item selected by said selection means and being displayed on the screen is displayed within an window.

5. The menu display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising determination means for inputting data for determining the selected menu item, and control means for executing a program processing corresponding the determined menu item.

6. A menu display apparatus comprising:

selection means for inputting data for selecting an arbitrary one of a plurality of menu items which are displayed on a screen of display means; and

display control means for changing a size or a shape of display letters of the menu item selected by said selection means within a scene displayed on the screen.

7. The menu display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the menu item selected by said selection means is displayed in a size two times or more as large as that of display letters of the menu items not selected by said selection means.

8. The menu display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the menu item selected by said selection means is displayed with letters thicker than display letters of the menu items not selected by said selection means.

9. The menu display apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising determination means for inputting data for determining the selected menu item, and control means for executing a program processing corresponding the determined menu item.

10. A menu display apparatus comprising:

selection means for inputting data for selecting an arbitrary one of a plurality of menu items which are displayed on a screen of display means; and

display control means for displaying on the screen a sign indicating the menu item selected by said selection means at a position separated from a display position of the menu items in a size larger than that of display letters of the menu items.

11. The menu display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the sign corresponding to the menu item selected by said selection means and being displayed on the screen is displayed at a corner position separated from a display position of the menu items in a size two times or more as large as that of display letters of the menu items.

12. The menu display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the sign corresponding to the menu item selected by said selection means and being displayed on the screen is displayed within a window.

13. The menu display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the sign is an initial one letter or initial plural letters of display letters indicating the menu item corresponding to the sign.

14. The menu display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the sign is one letter or plural letters of a part of display letters indicating the menu item corresponding to the sign.

15. The menu display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the sign is an expression including a symbol, letter or picture.

16. The menu display apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising determination means for inputting data for determining the selected menu item, and control means for executing a program processing corresponding the determined menu item.