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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1993
Yoshinori Kitahara, Musashimurayama, JP;
Takehiro Fujita, Kokubunji, JP;
Shigeru Yabuuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A help guidance method utilizing an animated picture, used for an information processor including a memory for storing a help control program for controlling help guidance, animated picture help data, text help data and voice help data used for carrying out the help guidance, and a table for showing the correspondence relationship among the animated picture help data, the text help data and the voice help data. The method includes the steps of: activating, when a user inputs a help command for requiring the help guidance, the help control program to display fields, in which the help guidance is to be carried out, in the form of help menu; and reading out, when the user selects the field requiring the help guidance from the help menu, the animated picture help data corresponding to the selected contents, and at least one of the text help data and the voice help data, which correspond to the selected animated picture help data, from the memory means by referring to the table to output the animated picture help data and the at least one thereof.