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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Katsuhiko Tsushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for setting up an electronic device has a memory for storing parameter setting image data for establishing one or more parameters with respect to a controlled device, the parameter setting image including parameter changing switch image data and setting state display image data, a display unit for displaying a parameter setting image based on the parameter setting image data read from the memory, an input unit for entering input information indicating changes in display states of a parameter changing switch image data and a setting state display image which are displayed by the display unit and a parameter to be established, and a controller for changing the display states of the parameter changing switch image data an the setting state display image which are displayed by the display unit and the parameter to be established, based on the input information entered by the input unit, and transmitting changed parameter data or a change in the parameter to the controlled device.