1. (canceled)
2. An apparatus, comprising:
a touch panel that displays a medical image and receives touching operation by an operator; and
a processor; wherein
the touch panel includes a display area in which the medical image is displayed and which includes a first area and a second area, the first area not being correlated with a function executed in response to the touching operation, the second area being correlated with a function executed in response to the touching operation and not displaying therein a graphic for operation, and
the processor executes the function being correlated with the second area in response to the touching operation to the second area.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation is changed according to a change of at least one of an imaging mode and a display mode.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation is executed in a first imaging mode and is not executed in a second imaging mode.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the function begin correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation is executed in a first imaging mode and is not executed in a second imaging mode.
6. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation is executed in a first display mode and is not executed in a second display mode.
7. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation is executed in a first display mode and is not executed in a second display mode.
8. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation is executed in a first display mode and is not executed in a second display mode.
9. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation is executed in a first display mode and is not executed in a second display mode.
10. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display area includes a plurality of second areas being correlated to different functions.
11. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display area includes a plurality of second areas being correlated to different functions.
12. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation includes a function of displaying the graphic for operation.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation includes a function of displaying a menu.
14. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the function being correlated to the second area and executed in response to the touching operation includes a function relating to an image quality parameter.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A point managing device for managing points generated based on winning and losing of a game of competing toy bodies, comprising:
a main body;
a setting unit for setting a user’s winlose result;
a memory unit for storing a cumulative total of points;
a point information inputoutput unit for sending and receiving information on the cumulative total of points to and from a point managing device of a competing opponent;
a control unit for determining at least one transfer point to be transferred based on the winlose result, the setting unit, the memory unit, the point information inputoutput unit and the control unit being provided on the main body;
the control unit determining the at least one transfer point based on a difference between a cumulative total of points of the competing opponent obtained by the point information inputoutput unit and the user’s cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit and based on the winlose result set by the setting unit and updating the cumulative total of points of the memory unit based on the at least one transfer point; and
a display unit provided on the main body for displaying the winlose result set by the setting unit, the at least one transfer point determined by the control unit, and the cumulative points updated based on the at least one transfer point.
2. The point managing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured so that the at least one transfer point to be transferred to a winner’s side is set to be inversely proportional to the amount of the cumulative total of points of the winner’s side with respect to the cumulative total of points of a loser’s side.
3. The point managing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory unit is provided with a counter for counting a number of competitions between the user and the opponent, and the control unit calculates a remedial point based on the number of competitions counted by the counter when the cumulative total of points is equal to or less than zero and adds the calculated remedial point to the cumulative total of points.
4. The point managing device according to claim 2, wherein the memory unit is provided with a counter for counting a number of competitions between the user and the opponent, and the control unit calculates a remedial point based on the number of competitions counted by the counter when the cumulative total of points is equal to or less than zero and adds the calculated remedial point to the cumulative total of points.
5. The point managing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory unit is provided with a point table storing adjustment points in accordance with the difference between the cumulative total of points of the competing opponent and the user’s cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit, and the control unit calculates the at least one transfer point by adding one of the adjustment points to or subtracting one of the adjustment points from a predetermined basic point.
6. The point managing device according to claim 2, wherein the memory unit is provided with a point table storing adjustment points in accordance with the difference between the cumulative total of points of the competing opponent and the user’s cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit, and the control unit calculates the at least one transfer point by adding one of the adjustment points to or subtracting one of the adjustment points from a predetermined basic point.
7. The point managing device according to claim 3, wherein the memory unit is provided with a point table storing adjustment points in accordance with the difference between the cumulative total of points of the competing opponent and the user’s cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit, and the control unit calculates the at least one transfer point by adding one of the adjustment points to or subtracting one of the adjustment points from a predetermined basic point.
8. The point managing device according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit includes two operation buttons and switches respectively corresponding to the operation buttons so that either one of the two operation buttons sets a win result and the other button sets a lose result.
9. The point managing device according to claim 2, wherein the setting unit includes two operation buttons and switches respectively corresponding to the operation buttons so that either one of the two operation buttons sets a win result and the other button sets a lose result.
10. The point managing device according to claim 3, wherein the setting unit includes two operation buttons and switches respectively corresponding to the operation buttons so that either one of the two operation buttons sets a win result and the other button sets a lose result.
11. The point managing device according to claim 5, wherein the setting unit includes two operation buttons and switches respectively corresponding to the operation buttons so that either one of the two operation buttons sets a win result and the other button sets a lose result.
12. The point managing device according to claim 7, wherein the setting unit includes two operation buttons and switches respectively corresponding to the operation buttons so that either one of the two operation buttons sets a win result and the other button sets a lose result.
13. A scoring device, comprising:
first and second point managing devices, each having\u2014
a main body;
a setting unit for setting a winlose result;
a memory unit for storing a cumulative total of points;
a point information inputoutput unit for sending and receiving information on the cumulative total of points between the first and second point managing devices;
a control unit for determining at least one transfer point to be transferred based on the winlose result;
wherein the control unit determines the at least one transfer point based on a difference between a cumulative total of points of the second point managing device obtained by the point information inputoutput unit and the cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit of the first point managing device, and based on the winlose result set by the setting unit, updates the cumulative total of points of the memory unit based on the at least one transfer point; and
a display unit provided on the main body for displaying the winlose result set by the setting unit, the at least one transfer point determined by the control unit, and the cumulative points updated based on the at least one transfer point.
14. The point managing device according to claim 13, wherein the at least one transfer point to be transferred to a winner’s side is set to be inversely proportional to the amount of the cumulative total of points of the winner’s side with respect to the cumulative total of points of a loser’s side.
15. The point managing device according to claim 13, wherein the memory unit is provided with a counter for counting a number of competitions between opponents, and the control unit calculates a remedial point based on the number of competitions counted by the counter when the cumulative total of points is equal to or less than zero, and adds the calculated remedial point to the cumulative total of points.
16. The point managing device according to claim 13, wherein the memory unit is provided with a point table for storing adjustment points in accordance with the difference between the cumulative total of points of the opponents stored in the memory unit, and the control unit calculates the at least one transfer point by adding one of the adjustment points to or subtracting one of the adjustment points from a predetermined basic point.
17. The point managing device according to claim 13, wherein the setting unit includes two operation buttons and switches respectively corresponding to the operation buttons so that either one of the two operation buttons sets a win result and the other button sets a lose result.
18. A point managing device, comprising:
a main body;
a setting unit for setting a user’s winlose result;
a memory unit for storing a cumulative total of points;
a point information inputoutput unit for sending and receiving information on the cumulative total of points to and from a point managing device of a competing opponent;
a control unit for determining at least one transfer point to be transferred based on the winlose result, the setting unit, the memory unit, the point information inputoutput unit and the control unit being provided on the main body;
the control unit determining the at least one transfer point based on a difference between a cumulative total of points of the competing opponent obtained by the point information inputoutput unit and the user’s cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit and based on the winlose result set by the setting unit and updating the cumulative total of points of the memory unit based on the at least one transfer point; and
a display unit provided in the main body for displaying the winlose result set by the setting unit, the at least one transfer point determined by the control unit, and the cumulative points updated based on the at least one transfer point.
wherein the control unit is configured so that the at least one transfer point to be transferred to a winner’s side is set to be inversely proportional to the amount of the cumulative total of points of the winner’s side with respect to the cumulative total of points of a loser’s side, and
wherein the memory unit is provided with a counter for counting a number of competitions between the user and the opponent, and the control unit calculates a remedial point based on the number of competitions counted by the counter, when the cumulative total of points is equal to or less than zero and adds the calculated remedial point to the cumulative total of points.
19. The point managing device according to claim 18, wherein the memory unit is provided with a point table storing adjustment points in accordance with the difference between the cumulative total of points of the competing opponent and the user’s cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit, and the control unit calculates the at least one transfer point by adding one of the adjustment points to or subtracting one of the adjustment points from a predetermined basic point.
20. The point managing device according to claim 18, wherein the memory unit is provided with a point table storing adjustment points in accordance with the difference between the cumulative total of points of the competing opponent and the user’s cumulative total of points stored in the memory unit, and the control unit calculates the at least one transfer point by adding one of the adjustment points to or subtracting one of the adjustment points from a predetermined basic point.