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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1999
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a multi-function switch, while a first level screen inclusive of images representative of a plurality of object appliances viewed at operation buttons is displayed on a display means, an image of a selected appliance is selected by pressing any one of the operation buttons. Next, a second level screen inclusive of a plurality of functions of the selected appliance is displayed on the display means. In this configuration, not only the number of the operation buttons but also the space required for displaying the selected appliance can be reduced. When an air conditioner mode is selected from the first level screen, by pressing one by one a operation button for air drafting, in accordance with the number of times of pressing, the symbol representative of drafting mode is changed in a sequence of six patterns of “no drafting”, “only head”, “both head and leg”, “only leg” “only leg with defogger” and “head and leg with defogger”. In this configuration, the multi-function of a operation button for stepwise setting an operation of the air conditioner can be also realized.