# US 10,120,535 B2 · Image processing apparatus and image processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,535 B2 - Document ID: US10120535B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/337,704 - Filed: 2016-10-28 - Published: 2017-02-16 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2010-12-13 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Michitomo Kouda; Tatsunobu Koike; Yuu Sonoda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120535B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 9/453: {Help systems} - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - H04N 23/64: {Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image} - H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image processing apparatus includes an operation receiving unit; and a control unit configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to an operation status of the apparatus in a display unit and an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed in the display unit upon reception of an operation input to activate an icon description mode by the operation receiving unit during the normal mode display process in the display unit and displaying a description image for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving unit while the icon selection image is being displayed in the display unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing apparatus comprising: an operation receiving device; and circuitry configured to perform a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to a current operational status of the image processing apparatus on a display, generate a description table including data associated with all icons being displayed during the normal mode display process at a time that an operation input to activate an icon description mode is received by the operation receiving device during the normal mode display process, perform an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed on the display upon reception of the operation input to activate the icon description mode by the operation receiving device during the normal mode display process on the display, and cause display of a description image, based on the generated description table, for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving device while the icon selection image is being displayed on the display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation receiving device is a remote control. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation receive device includes a plurality of buttons dispose on a rear side of the image processing apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display is disposed at a rear of the image processing apparatus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display is a liquid crystal display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the operation input to activate the icon description mode is received via a dedicated button of the plurality of buttons. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the description table includes at least an icon identifier associated with an icon title, first and second descriptions, and a corresponding icon image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is a digital camera. ### Claim 9 An image processing method comprising: performing, with circuitry, a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to a current operational status of an image processing apparatus on a display; generating, with the circuitry, a description table including data associated with all icons being displayed during the normal mode display process at a time that an operation input to activate an icon description mode is received by an operation receiving device during the normal mode display process; performing, with the circuitry, an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed on the display upon reception of the operation input to activate the icon description mode by the operation receiving device during the normal mode display process on the display; and causing, by the circuitry, display of a description image, based on the description table, for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving device while the icon selection image is being displayed on the display. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The image processing method according to claim 9, wherein the operation input to activate the icon description mode is received via a dedicated button disposed on the image processing apparatus. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The image processing method according to claim 9, wherein the description table includes at least an icon identifier associated with an icon title, first and second descriptions, and a corresponding icon image. ### Claim 12 A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-readable instructions that, when executed by circuitry, cause the circuitry to perform a method comprising: performing a normal mode display process of displaying icon images of kinds corresponding to a current operational status of an image processing apparatus on a display; generating a description table including data associated with all icons being displayed during the normal mode display process at a time that an operation input to activate an icon description mode is received by an operation receiving device during the normal mode display process; performing an icon description display process of displaying an icon selection image for selecting an icon image that is being displayed on the display upon reception of the operation input to activate the icon description mode by the operation receiving device during the normal mode display process on the display; and causing display of a description image, based on the generated description table, for an icon image selected upon reception of an operation input by the operation receiving device while the icon selection image is being displayed on the display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12, wherein the operation input to activate the icon description mode is received via a dedicated button disposed on the image processing apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12, wherein the description table includes at least an icon identifier associated with an icon title, first and second descriptions, and a corresponding icon image.