| US 7,593,516 B2 | ||
| Electronic apparatus | ||
| Nobuaki Murai, Kasuya-gun (Japan); Takaharu Nakatsuka, Kasuga (Japan); Kouki Hamada, Fukuoka (Japan); and Saori Masuda, Fukuoka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Panasonic Corporation, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/242,830. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P. 2004-294807 (JP), filed on Oct. 07, 2004; and application No. P. 2005-052833 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0082835 A1, Apr. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 379—100.16 [379/88.16; 358/406] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a memory for storing voice data of operation explanations related to functions of the electronic apparatus;
a speaker for outputting an operation explanatory voice based upon the voice data stored in the memory;
a plurality of push-buttons for instructing an execution of the functions with respect to the electronic apparatus; and
a controller for turning ON, or flickering a push-button among the plurality of push-buttons when the operation explanatory
voice related to a function of the push-button is being outputted from the speaker, wherein
the plurality of push-buttons include a first set of exposed push-buttons, and a second set of push-buttons having a cover,
and wherein
voice operation explanations related to the first set of exposed push-buttons are always activated, and voice operation explanations
related to the second set of push-buttons are only activated when the cover of the second-set of push-buttons is opened.
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