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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Kei Nagiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Nobutaka Tauchi, Toyaoke, JP;
Keisuke Uto, Tokyo, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a display screen of an image display device, plural menu items in a higher rank menu hierarchy are displayed in a first circular arrangement, and plural menu items in a lower rank menu hierarchy that is subsidiary to the higher rank menu hierarchy is displayed in a second circular arrangement that concentrically surrounds the first circular arrangement with a greater diameter than the first circular arrangement. In addition, a pointed-out portion in the display screen is identified according to a user operation to an operation device, and a function of a menu item in the lower rank menu hierarchy being in association with the identified pointed-out portion is realized by a processing for the function. Each of the menu items in the lower rank menu hierarchy is arranged in a position in a manner that expresses the subordination of the lower rank menu item to one of the menu items in the higher rank menu hierarchy.