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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Takenori Ueda, Mie, JP;
Yoshihiko Nakayama, Anjyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Naoko Kajima, Aichi, JP;
Takenori Ueda, Mie, JP;
Yoshihiko Nakayama, Anjyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Naoko Kajima, Aichi, JP;
Elmo Company, Limited, , JP;
Abstract
An imaging device with an enhanced degree of freedom in device settings based on commands, thereby improving the usability of an imaging device. When the user of an imaging device operates a menu switch, a composite image of a top menu image superimposed on a currently set source image, for example, a camera image, as a background image is displayed on a monitor. In response to the user's selection of an advanced settings command icon on the top menu image through the operations of the menu switch and circumferential switches surrounding the menu switch, the display on the monitor is changed from the composite image including the top menu image to a lower-layer menu image. Some of command icons included in the lower-layer menu image are different from command icons included in the top menu image. A top menu return command icon and a menu image deletion command icon may be included. This arrangement desirably enhances the degree of freedom in device settings based on commands and thereby improves the usability of the imaging device.