JP4139570B2 - Dialog system and digital camera using the same - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a dialogue system, a digital camera using the dialogue system, a dialogue method and a dialogue program, and more specifically to a GUI (Graphical User Interface) of an electronic device such as a digital camera.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Icons are widely used as an element constituting the GUI of electronic devices. The icon is a graphical representation of an operation or attribute, and can be directly operated on the screen, and is mainly used to represent a menu item.
[0003]
By using icons without using characters, for example, each item in the menu can be intuitively understood by the user. In addition, icons can guide items in a narrow display area as compared to the case of guiding items using characters.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the functions of electronic devices are becoming more and more complex year by year, the number of items displayed with icons is steadily increasing, so operations or attributes corresponding to the icons are represented by icons of a certain size. It has become difficult.
[0005]
In addition, a GUI that accepts a predetermined operation in an interactive manner is widely used so that an erroneous operation can be canceled. For example, when the computer receives a file deletion instruction, the GUI is configured to display a message confirming whether or not to delete the file before starting the deletion process, and to start the deletion process when confirmation is obtained. The However, when a message is displayed on the screen, a larger display area than the icon is required, and other information than the message is hidden from the screen. In addition, since messages need to be prepared for each language of each country, the program development cost increases. Also, when an error message is displayed on the screen to prompt the user to perform a predetermined operation, it is necessary to prepare a message for each language.
[0006]
The present invention was created by paying attention to such points, and does not depend on the user's language, and has a narrow display area and an easy-to-understand UI, a digital camera using the same, An object is to provide a dialogue method and a dialogue program.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, menu display means for displaying a list of selection items with a plurality of first icons, selection means for accepting an operation for selecting one of the plurality of first icons, and the selected first An operation guide means for cyclically displaying an icon and an operation of the first icon in a shape of one or two or more second icons that form an image different from the first icon, and an operation of the selected first icon in an image Activation means for accepting an operation to be activated.
[0008]
When the interactive system receives a predetermined operation and starts an operation corresponding to the operation, it is necessary to guide the user to the operation corresponding to the operation received by the interactive system. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first icon is a figure of an operation that is executed when the first icon is selected, and when an operation for selecting one of the first icons is accepted by the selection means, the operation guidance is provided. A plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon are cyclically displayed by the means to guide an operation to be activated. In other words, when any of the statically displayed icons is selected by the user, the operation of the selected icon is dynamically guided to the user with two or more icons. More specifically, when the first icon is selected, the operation guided by the first icon is supplementarily guided by the second icon. Even if it is difficult for the user to correctly recognize the movement of the icon only by a single icon that is statically displayed, it is possible to use two or more icons that are displayed cyclically. This makes it easy for the user to correctly recognize the movement formed by the icon. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an easy-to-understand UI can be realized. According to the first aspect of the present invention, although a plurality of icons are used to form one motion, the display elements necessary for guiding the motion are displayed in a small area in order to display the icons cyclically. can do. According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the operation can be guided only by the icon, an interactive system that does not depend on the language of the user can be realized.
[0012]
Claim 2 As in the invention according to 1 It is desirable to provide the interactive system in a digital camera. This is because a display device of a digital camera desirably configures a UI that guides operations and states while displaying a subject image, and thus it is necessary to configure an easy-to-understand UI in a narrow display area.
[0013]
Claim 3, 4 The invention according to claim 1 Or 2 The technical idea embodied in the dialogue system according to the invention is embodied as a dialogue method or a dialogue program.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a digital camera will be described with reference to the drawings as an embodiment of the present invention.
[0015]
2, 3, 4, and 5 are a front view, a rear view, a plan view, and a functional block diagram of the digital camera 1, respectively. The menu display means, operation guide means, warning means, and guide means described in the claims are a UI program and a control program recorded on a non-illustrated non-volatile recording medium such as a flash memory, and a UI executed by the CPU 20. The display unit 22 controlled based on the execution result of the program and the control program is a constituent element. The selection means described in the claims includes a key 37 and the like provided around the LCD 38. The activation means, instruction means, and determination means described in the claims are configured by a key 35 and the like provided around the LCD 38. The dialogue program described in the claims is composed of a UI program and a control program.
[0016]
The optical system 11 includes a strobe 40, an optical lens 34, a diaphragm mechanism, an infrared cut filter, an optical low-pass filter, and the like, and forms an image of a subject on the area sensor 12. A sensor or a mechanical switch is provided in the housing of the optical lens 34 to detect whether or not a lens cap is attached to the housing of the optical lens 34.
[0017]
The area sensor 12 is an optical sensor such as a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor having a photoelectric conversion element group, and each of the photoelectric conversion elements is any one of C (Cyan), M (Magenta), Y (Yellow), and G (Green). Such a complementary color filter is provided. The filter may be a primary color filter of R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue). Each photoelectric conversion element is arranged in a matrix. Each color analog signal output from the area sensor 12 is input to the AFE 13.
[0018]
The AFE 13 includes a program gain amplifier, a CDS circuit, an A / D converter, and the like. The AFE 13 samples an analog signal output from each photoelectric conversion element and generates digital data of 10 to 12 bits for each color of CMYG. Each digital data of CMYG is input to the image generation unit 14 directly or after being stored in the buffer memory.
[0019]
The image generation unit 14 is configured by a hardware method by controlling an ASIC in which a predetermined algorithm is realized by a logic circuit, by a CPU 20, or by a software method using a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) engine. The image generation unit 14 includes automatic exposure processing (AE: Auto Exposure), automatic white balance processing (AWB: Auto White Balance), image generation processing, conversion processing from CMYG color space to RGB color space, γ correction processing, and the like. I do. The image generation processing referred to here mainly generates image data having four values of each color of CMYG for each pixel using digital data representing any intensity of CMYG corresponding to the output of each photoelectric conversion element. It is processing. The conversion process from the CMYG color space to the RGB color space is performed by a hardware method using a 4 × 3 matrix operation processing circuit or a software method using a CPU 20 using a multiplication circuit and an addition / subtraction circuit.
[0020]
The color space conversion unit 15 is configured by a 3 × 3 matrix arithmetic processing circuit, or by a software method such as a CPU 20 using a multiplication circuit and an addition / subtraction circuit, and is converted into RGB digital data by linear conversion using a 3 × 3 matrix. YCbCr digital pixel data is generated from the pixel data.
[0021]
The compression processing unit 16 is generally configured by a hardware method using a dedicated chip for JPEG compression processing, but can also be configured by a software method using a DSP. The compression processing unit 16 performs JPEG compression processing by discrete cosine transform (DCT) and Huffman coding.
[0022]
The file unit 17 records the JPEG-compressed image data in a removable memory 18 such as a compact flash memory using the Exif file format or the like.
The CPU 20 controls the optical system 11, the area sensor 12, the AFE 13, the image generation unit 14, the color space conversion unit 15, the compression processing unit 16, the file unit 17, the display unit 22, and the like by executing the control program and the UI program. . Various processes performed by the image generation unit 14, the color space conversion unit 15, and the compression processing unit 16 may be executed by a software method by causing the CPU 20 to execute a predetermined program.
[0023]
The MS (Main Storage) 19 calls a program recorded in a flash memory (not shown), and temporarily stores the execution result of the program. The MS 19 temporarily stores main image data composed of YCbCr pixel data generated by the image generation unit 14 and reduced image data thereof.
[0024]
The display unit 22 includes a video memory, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 38, a drive circuit, and the like. The display unit 22 displays thumbnail image data generated by the CPU 20 on the LCD 38, and based on the execution result of the UI program executed by the CPU 20. Various icons are displayed on the LCD 38.
The operation unit 21 includes a shutter button 30 provided on the upper surface of the case, a power switch 31, a dial switch 32, various setting keys 35, 36, 37, and 39 provided around the LCD 38, an input control circuit, and the like. The
[0025]
The hardware configuration of the digital camera 1 has been described above. Next, a UI program constituting the UI of the digital camera 1 will be described. This UI program is installed by reading it from a recording medium exchangeable between systems such as a memory card and transferring it to a non-illustrated non-illustrated flash memory or the like of the digital camera 1. The digital camera 1 is connected to a communication terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone via a wired or wireless interface, and the digital camera 1 is downloaded from a remote server computer via a telecommunication line to the flash memory of the digital camera 1. Can also be recorded.
[0026]
The UI program communicates with a control program for controlling the optical system 11, the area sensor 12, etc., thereby enabling or disabling the strobe shooting function, the timer shooting function, the macro shooting function, and the backlight shooting function according to user key operations. To do. The main operation when these functions are effective is as follows. When the flash photography function is effective, the control program causes the flash 40 to emit light when the shutter button 30 is pressed. When the timer photographing function is valid, the control program activates the area sensor 12 to photograph the subject after a predetermined time has elapsed since the shutter button 30 was pressed. When the macro photographing function is effective, the control program activates the optical lens 34 to set the focal length to the shortest and enables photographing at a close distance. When the backlight photographing function is effective, the control program activates the aperture mechanism to set the exposure amount to the minimum and enables the flash photographing function to allow photographing under the backlight condition.
[0027]
The UI program interactively guides the user to delete an image file recorded in the removable memory 18, and the UI program is not shown in the housing of the optical lens 34 when the photographing mode is selected by the dial switch 32. When the lens cap is attached, a warning screen that prompts the user to remove the lens cap is displayed on the LCD 38.
[0028]
The UI program sets the validity / invalidity of the flash photography function, timer photography function, macro photography function and backlight photography function, and the statuses of whether these functions are valid or invalid, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. Guidance is provided to the user by switching the display / non-display of icons, switching the display position, and the like. Hereinafter, an operation that the UI program communicates with the control program and causes the CPU 20 to execute according to the user's key operation will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0029]
If the lens switch is not attached to the housing of the optical lens 34 when the user operates the dial switch 32 and the photographing mode is selected, the screen (A) is displayed on the LCD 38. The display and non-display of the LCD 38 and the display and non-display of various icons are cyclically switched every time the key 36 is pressed (STEP 1).
[0030]
The screen (A) includes a subject (not shown) that occupies the entire screen, a tool box icon 52, and a strobe icon 51. A subject (not shown) is a subject displayed on the area sensor 12 in real time. The tool box icon 52 is shaped like a tool box with the lid closed to accommodate the timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57.
[0031]
The UI program displays a menu of relatively frequently used functions by displaying the timer icon 54 or the like in the right end area or the left end area of the LCD 38, and functions corresponding to each icon depending on whether the icon is displayed in the left or right area. The user is informed whether it is valid or invalid.
[0032]
The timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57 each have a form that forms an operation of timer shooting, macro shooting, backlight shooting, and setting. In addition, the screen is configured to also form an operation for enabling or disabling the function corresponding to each icon. In this embodiment, an operation for enabling the function is formed by moving each icon from the right end to the left end of the screen, and an operation for disabling the function is formed by moving each icon from the left end to the right end of the screen. Configure the screen as follows.
[0033]
Hereinafter, the key operation and the change in the screen configuration will be specifically described.
When the key 35 or 37 is pressed while the screen (A) is displayed, the screen (A) is changed to the screen (B) (STEP 4). On the screen (B), the timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57 are displayed above the tool box icon 59, that is, at the right end of the screen, which is the first area. On the screen (B), the tool box icon 59 changes the shape of the open tool case into a shape. This is because the information “The menu has been displayed” is transmitted to the user like the information “The toolbox is opened and the tool stored in the toolbox is visible”. At this time, since none of the timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57 is selected, the screen (B ) May display a ruled line surrounding the tool box icon 59. The unselected timer icon 54, macro icon 55, backlight icon 56, and setting icon 57 constitute the first icon described in the claims.
[0034]
When the tool box icon 59 is displayed, the key 37 is used to select a menu item. Specifically, each time the key 37 is pressed while the tool box icon 59 is displayed, the icons are animated in the order of the tool box icon 59 → the timer icon 54 → the macro icon 55 → the backlight icon 56 → the setting icon 57. The user is informed that the icon displayed and animated is selected (STEP 6, 9, 12, 15). At this time, a ruled line surrounding the icon to be animated may be displayed for auxiliary guidance. When the key 37 is pressed while the setting icon 57 is selected, the tool box icon 59 is selected. When the key 35 is pressed thereafter, the screen (B) is changed to the screen (A), thereby displaying the menu. Is notified to the user (STEP 5).
[0035]
FIG. 1 shows an animated display of icons. When any one of the timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57 is selected, the respective icons are changed as shown in FIGS. The animation display of the timer icon 54 is configured by displaying the timer icon 54 as the first icon and the icon 60 and the icon 64 as the second icon in a cyclic manner. That is, when the timer icon 54 is selected in the right end area of the screen, the timer icon 54 is hidden and the icon 60 is displayed at the position where the timer icon 54 was displayed. At the same time, the icon 64 is displayed at the position where the timer icon 54 and the icon 60 were displayed, and when the predetermined time elapses, the icon 60 is hidden and the timer icon 54 is displayed again at the original position in the right end area of the screen. . After the key 37 is pressed and one of the icons is selected, the cyclic display may be stopped for a predetermined number of times and then the cyclic display may be stopped and the timer icon 54 may be displayed statically, or the key 37 may be pressed again. It may be continuously displayed in a period until another icon is selected. When patrol display is stopped after a specific icon has been displayed continuously for a predetermined number of times, the icon that remains on the screen after patrol display should be the icon most easily associated with the icon among the multiple icons that represent the same action. Is desirable. In this embodiment, the timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57 are always displayed in the stationary state. The icons 60 to 65 displayed in place of the timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57 constitute the second icon described in the claims.
[0036]
The icons 54, 60, and 64 that are cyclically displayed when the timer icon 54 is selected have a shape that forms a timer image in a different form. In the example shown in FIG. 1 (A), the icons 54, 60, and 64 have a form imitating a timer, a joint photograph, and an hourglass, respectively. In this way, each of a plurality of icons representing a specific action may be (a) a form reminiscent of the action from different ideas, or (b) a form of variation reminiscent of the action based on one idea. It is good.
[0037]
The combination of icons shown in FIG. 1B is an example closer to (a) than (b). The icons 55, 61, and 65 have a form imitating a tulip, a tulip and a camera close to the tulip, and a tulip and a magnifying glass. Since the flower is a typical subject to be photographed using the macro photographing function, the famous tulip icon 55 among the flowers is easy to remind the user of the macro photographing. In addition, the scene icon 61 in which the flower and the camera are in close proximity is more directly associated with macro photography. Furthermore, since the loupe is a tool that assists in getting close to the object and staring at the details, the icon 65 imitating the form of the loupe indirectly associates macro photography that is taken close to the subject. These three icons 55, 61 and 65 are all associated with macro photography from different ideas such as tulips, cameras and loupes.
[0038]
It can be said that the combination of icons shown in FIGS. 1C and 1D is closer to (b) than (a). The icon 56 imitates a person who is shadowed by the backlight of the sun, and the icon 62 imitates the sun. Since the sun often enters the user's field of view during backlight photography, it can be said that the sun is easily associated with backlight photography. The icon 56 is a person who is shadowed by backlight and is more directly associated with backlight shooting, but the components of the icon are somewhat complicated and difficult to see. Since the icon 62 imitates only the sun, the components of the icon can be said to be simple and easy to see. In this way, a component is complicated, but an icon that directly imitates a specific action and an icon that is simple but indirectly indirectly imitating a specific action are formed by the icon. It becomes easy for the user to associate the operation.
[0039]
Both icons 57 and 63 are reminiscent of an operation of setting from a mechanical image. Compared to the examples shown in FIG. 1A, FIG. 1B, and FIG. 1C, the operation is slightly less intuitively associated with the operation, but the setting operation can be performed with one icon by using two icons. It is easier to understand compared to the case of figurating
[0040]
A state in which any one of the timer icon 54, the macro icon 55, and the backlight icon 56 is selected, that is, any one of the screen (C), the screen (E), and the screen (G) illustrated in FIGS. In a state where a static display or an animation is displayed, the key 35 is used to switch between valid / invalid of the function corresponding to each icon. The operation for switching the timer photographing function between valid and invalid will be specifically described as an example.
[0041]
When the key 35 is pressed when the screen (C) is displayed on the LCD 38, that is, when the timer icon 54 is selected, the timer icon 54 is moved from the right end of the screen to the left end of the screen, and the screen (C) is displayed on the screen. Change to (D) (STEP 7). At this time, the UI program sends a message to the control program to enable the timer shooting function. The control program that has received this message causes the CPU 20 to validate the timer shooting function.
[0042]
When the key 35 is pressed in a state where the screen (D) is displayed on the LCD 38, that is, in a state in which the timer icon 54 is displayed at the left end of the screen and the timer photographing function illustrated by the timer icon 54 is active, the timer icon 54 is displayed on the screen. The screen is moved from the left end to the right end of the screen, and the screen (D) is changed to the screen (C) (STEP 8). At this time, the UI program transmits a message to the control program so as to invalidate the timer photographing function. The control program that has received this message causes the CPU 20 to disable the timer imaging function. The operation (STEP 10, 11, 13, 14) when the macro photographing function and the backlight photographing function are switched between valid and invalid (STEP 10, 11, 13, 14) is the same as the operation when the timer photographing function is switched between valid and invalid.
[0043]
When the setting icon 57 is selected, that is, when the screen (I) is displayed on the LCD 38, the key 35 is used to shift to the setting mode. The setting mode is a mode for switching between enabling / disabling of a special shooting function other than the functions already described such as timer shooting, and deleting a recorded image file. The special shooting function includes, for example, a function for shooting a night scene neatly, a function for shooting with automatic exposure correction disabled, and the like. When the key 35 is pressed while the screen (I) is displayed on the LCD 38, the screen (I) is changed to the screen (J). The screen (J) includes a background, menu text display, text display of setting values of each item, and the like. The menu item is selected by the key 37 (STEP 19), and the setting value of each item is changed by the key 35 (STEP 18). Note that the key 39 is used to return from the setting mode to the photographing mode (STEP 17).
[0044]
6 and 7 do not accurately show the screen displayed when the key 37 is pressed while the timer icon 54 or the like is displayed at the left end of the screen for the sake of simplicity. For example, when the key 37 is pressed while the screen (D) is displayed on the LCD 38, the ruled line is moved to a position surrounding the macro icon 55 with the timer icon 54 left at the left end of the screen. Further, the key 37 is repeatedly pressed to select the tool box icon 59. When the key 35 is further pressed, the screen macro icon 55, the backlight icon 56, and the setting icon 57 are hidden, and the tool box icon 59 with the lid open is closed. The screen is changed to a closed tool box icon 52 and changed to a screen in which a timer icon 54 is displayed on the upper left of the screen (A).
[0045]
Next, an operation in the case where the lens cap is mounted on the housing of the optical lens 34 when the dial switch 32 is operated by the user and the photographing mode is selected will be described. At this time, a UI program that issues a signal to the control program from a sensor or mechanical switch provided in the housing of the optical lens 34 and receives a message from the control program prompts the user to remove the lens cap from the housing of the optical lens 34. 8 is configured to display an animation on the LCD 38.
[0046]
The screens shown in FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C are all backgroundless. Shape Only 66, 67 and 68 are displayed on the screen. The screens shown in FIGS. 8A, 8B, and 8C are cyclically displayed until the lens cap is removed by the user. The removal of the lens cap by the user can be detected by a sensor or a mechanical switch provided on the housing of the optical lens 34. Displayed in a patrol Shape Each of 66, 67, and 68 has, for example, a form imitating a camera with a lens cap attached, an exclamation mark, and a camera with the lens cap being removed. Shape 67 may be omitted. Also, Shape Simulates a camera with the lens cap completely removed after 66 and 67 Shape May be displayed. In this way, a plurality of continuously representing lens cap removal operations that are necessary for shooting. Shape By displaying, the user can be prompted to remove the lens cap without displaying text.
[0047]
Next, an operation for receiving an operation of deleting an image file from the user in the setting mode will be described. After selecting a deletion menu in the setting mode and selecting a predetermined image file as a deletion target in the deletion menu, an instruction to delete the selected image file is received. This series of operations can be appropriately configured using keys 35, 36, 37, 39 and predetermined text or icons. For example, selection of an image file can be received with the key 37 and an instruction to delete can be received with the key 35. When accepting a deletion instruction, for example, the screen shown in FIG. 9 is animated to warn the user before starting the deletion operation. 9A, 9B and 9C are cyclically displayed. Shape 68, 69, and 70 each have a form imitating a trash can with an open lid, an exclamation mark, and a trash can with a closed lid. Each of the screens shown in FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C has one Shape Only showing other Shape With text displayed on the screen, Shape 68, 69, and 70 may be displayed small on a part of the screen.
[0048]
Confirmation and cancellation functions are assigned to any two of the keys 35, 36, 37, and 39, and when these keys are pressed during the period in which the screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed or the screen immediately before the screen shown in FIG. 9 is animated is displayed without starting the delete operation. That is, when accepting an instruction to delete an image file, after accepting the designation and deletion instruction of the image file, the screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed as an animation to ask the user to confirm the deletion instruction. The delete operation is started by confirming the instruction, and the designated image file is deleted from the removable memory 18. For example, a function for accepting a confirmation operation is assigned to the key 35, and a function for accepting a cancel operation is assigned to the key 36. Note that after the image file deletion operation is completed, the screen shown in FIG. 9 may be brought into a state immediately before the animation is displayed so that the user can continue the image file deletion operation.
[0049]
According to the present embodiment, the UI program guides the user with operations for enabling or disabling the timer shooting function, the strobe shooting function, and the macro shooting function only by using icons, so that the UI of the digital camera 1 is easy to understand. Further, according to the present embodiment, since text is not used for guiding operations for enabling or disabling these functions, it is possible to reduce the development cost of UI programs to be provided to users in each country. Further, according to the present embodiment, since the area where each icon such as the timer icon 54 occupies the screen is small, the subject that is the background of these icons can be easily displayed on the LCD 38.
[0050]
In the embodiments described above, only the UI of the digital camera 1 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the digital camera, and can be applied to various electronic devices such as an electronic rice cooker, a copying machine, and an in-vehicle navigation device.
[0051]
According to the present embodiment, in menu display using statically displayed icons, when each item of the menu is selected by selecting the icon, the icon corresponding to the item is dynamically displayed as an animation. Therefore, it is possible to make the user recognize at a glance which icon is selected, and to explain each item with a plurality of icons, so that an easy-to-understand UI can be realized. Also, the size of the screen area required to display the icons is smaller than the size of the screen area required to display the text, and moreover, each icon of the menu is displayed in order to display multiple icons in the same area cyclically. Display elements necessary to explain an item can be displayed in a small area. In addition, since each item of the menu can be described only with icons, a UI independent of the user's language can be realized.
[0052]
Further, according to this embodiment, display elements necessary for confirmation when the user instructs to delete a file are cyclically displayed. Shape Therefore, the user's attention can be easily attracted sufficiently, and the instruction content can be surely confirmed by clearly explaining the instruction content to the user.
[0053]
Also, according to the present embodiment, when the user tries to shoot with the lens cap attached, Shape By displaying the animation, the operation to be performed by the user is explained so that the user can easily understand the operation to be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing icons displayed by a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a rear view showing a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a UI of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a UI of a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on an LCD by a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on the LCD by the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Digital camera
21 Operation unit (selection means, activation means, instruction means, determination means)
22 Display section (menu display means, warning means)
38 LCD (menu display means, warning means)
35 keys (starting means, instruction means, confirmation means)
37 keys (selection means)
54 Timer icon (first icon)
55 Macro icon (first icon)
56 Backlight icon (first icon)
57 Setting icon (first icon)
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 Icon (second icon)

Claims (4)

Menu display means for displaying a list of selection items with a plurality of first icons;
Selecting means for accepting an operation of selecting any of the plurality of first icons;
An operation guide means for cyclically displaying the selected first icon and one or two or more second icons that form an image of the operation of the first icon in a different form from the first icon;
An activating means for accepting an operation for activating the action of the selected first icon.
A dialogue system characterized by comprising:   A digital camera comprising the dialogue system according to claim 1. An interactive method for configuring a GUI of an electronic device,
The fact that the first icon is selected is displayed by cyclically displaying the first icon and the movement of the first icon in the form of one or two or more second icons that are formed by different objects from the first icon. An interactive method characterized by that. An interactive program for configuring a GUI of an electronic device,
The fact that the first icon is selected is displayed by cyclically displaying the first icon and the movement of the first icon in the form of one or two or more second icons that are formed by different objects from the first icon. An interactive program characterized by causing a computer to execute a procedure.

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