Patent 7593516 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electronic apparatus includes: a memory for storing voice data of an operation explanation related to a function of the electronic apparatus; a speaker for outputting operation explanatory voice based upon the voice data stored in the memory; a push-button for instructing an execution of the function with respect to the electronic apparatus; and a control unit for turning ON, or flickering the push-button when the operation explanatory voice is being outputted from the speaker.