Information display device

Abstract

An information display device including an imaging unit that executes an imaging process to image a subject to output an imaging signal; a monitor capable of displaying an image of the subject based on the imaging signal; a switching part located near the monitor; a first display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a first group of items consisting of items associated with the imaging process, whereby first setting data can be set; and a second display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a second group of items associated with particular items in the first group and having fewer items than the first group, whereby second setting data can be set, in which switching between the first and second display controllers is performed by operating the switching part.

1 . An information display device comprising:
 an imaging unit that executes an imaging process to image a subject to output an imaging signal;   a monitor capable of displaying an image of the subject based on the imaging signal;   a switching part located near the monitor;   a first display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a first group of items consisting of a plurality of items associated with the imaging process, whereby first setting data can be set; and   a second display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a second group of items associated with a plurality of particular items in the first group and having fewer items than the first group, whereby second setting data can be set,   wherein switching between the first and second display controllers is performed by operating the switching part.   
     
     
         2 . The information display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the monitor and switching part are arranged on a finder unit provided to the device so as to be displaced between a closed position and an open position, wherein when the finder unit is in the closed position, the monitor and switching part are not exposed, and when the finder unit is in the open position, the monitor and switching part are exposed. 
     
     
         3 . An information display device comprising:
 a playback unit that executes a playback process to play back data recorded on a recording medium to output it as playback data;   a monitor capable of displaying a playback image based on the playback data;   a switching part located near the monitor;   a first display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a first group of items consisting of a plurality of items associated with the playback process, whereby first setting data can be set; and   a second display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a second group of items associated with a plurality of particular items in the first group and having fewer items than the first group, whereby second setting data can be set,   wherein switching between the first and second display controllers is performed by operating the switching part.   
     
     
         4 . The information display device according to  claim 3 , wherein the monitor and switching part are arranged on a movable unit provided to the device so as to be displaced between a closed position and an open position, wherein when the movable unit is in the closed position, the monitor and switching part are not exposed, and when the movable unit is in the open position, the monitor and switching part are exposed. 
     
     
         5 . An information display device comprising:
 a menu switcher for switching between a first menu mode in which a first group of items is displayed in a menu on a monitor, and one of certain first candidates of data can be selected as first control data for each of the items, and a second menu mode in which a second group consisting of fewer items than the first group is displayed in a menu on the monitor, and one of certain second candidates of data can be selected as second control data for each of the items; and   a controller for controlling the operation of the device on the basis of the first control data or second control data,   wherein the second group of items includes an item having a second candidate of data that is a combination of first candidates of data for a plurality of particular items of the first group.