Electronic device, method, and storage medium for controlling touch operations

• US 10,257,411 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Segura, Cynthia
• Application Number:
  US15/383,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180634A1
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/632 for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation

Abstract

An electronic device includes a control unit that performs control to set the electronic device to a second state in a case where the electronic device is set to a first state and a detected orientation of the electronic device changes from a first orientation to a second orientation, set the electronic device to the first state in a case where the detected orientation changes from the second orientation to the first orientation, perform predetermined processing according to a touch operation performed on a display unit in a case where the electronic device is set to the first state, and not perform the predetermined processing even if the touch operation is performed on the display unit, in a case where the electric device is set to the second state.

Claims

1. An electronic device equipped with a display unit, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to function as;

a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation performed on the display unit;

an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the electronic device; and

a control unit configured to perform control to;

set the electronic device to a second state in a case where the electronic device is set to a first state and the detected orientation changes from a first orientation to a second orientation that is different from the first orientation,

set the electronic device to the first state in a case where the detected orientation changes from the second orientation to the first orientation,

perform, in a case where the electronic device is set to the first state, predetermined processing based on the touch operation performed on the display unit, and

not perform, in a case where the electric device is set to the second state, the predetermined processing even if the touch operation is performed anywhere on a screen of the display unit.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the first state is a state in which the touch operation performed on the display unit is validated, and

wherein the second state is a state in which the touch operation performed on the display unit is invalidated.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit performs the predetermined processing based on a touch operation performed on an image display region in the first state, and

wherein the control unit does not perform the predetermined processing in the second state even if the touch operation is performed on the image display region.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second orientation is perpendicular to the first orientation and is obtainable by rotating the electronic device 90 degrees around an axis perpendicular to a display surface of the display unit.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit selectively sets the electronic device to the first state or the second state based on whether the detected orientation of the electronic device is the first orientation or the second orientation.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processor further causes the electronic device to function as a display control unit configured to control the display unit to display a captured live image,

wherein the control unit performs control, based on the touch operation performed on the display unit in a case where the electronic device is set the first state, to instruct to perform image capturing related processing as the predetermined processing.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6,

wherein the captured live image is a moving image, and

wherein the image capturing related processing is an operation to start recording of the moving image or an operation to stop the recording of the moving image.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6,

wherein the image capturing related processing is an operation to adjust a specific image capturing setting, and

wherein, in the case where the electronic device is set to the first state, based on a touch operation performed on a region where the captured live image is displayed on the display unit, the control unit performs control to instruct to adjust the specific image capturing setting with reference to a position where the touch operation has been performed.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the specific image capturing setting is at least exposure control, zoom control, focus control, or control relating to a pan head of an imaging apparatus that generates the captured live image.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the processor further causes the electronic device to function as a communication unit configured to communicate with an external imaging apparatus,

wherein the display control unit controls the display unit to display a live image captured by the external imaging apparatus and received by the communication unit, and

wherein, in a case where the detected orientation of the electronic device is the first orientation, the control unit instructs the external imaging apparatus, via the communication unit, to perform the image capturing related processing based on a touch operation detected by the touch detection unit.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processor further causes the electronic device to function as a reproduction unit configured to reproduce a time-sequentially progressing content,

wherein the predetermined processing is processing relating to reproduction of the time-sequentially progressing content.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined processing is at least reproduction start of the time-sequentially progressing content, reproduction stop of the time-sequentially progressing content, selection of another content, switching to full-screen display of the time-sequentially progressing content, sound volume adjustment, or reproduction position change of the time-sequentially progressing content.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11,

wherein the control unit starts or stops reproduction of a moving image based on a touch operation performed on a moving image display region in the case where the electronic device is set to the first state, and

wherein the control unit does not start or stop the reproduction of the moving image in the case where the electronic device is set to the second state even if the touch operation is performed on the image display region.

14. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the control unit controls the reproduction unit to start the reproduction of the time-sequentially progressing content in response to the detected orientation changing to the second orientation.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the time-sequentially progressing content is at least a moving image, a still image for a slideshow, sound data, or book data.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the first orientation is an orientation in which the display unit is vertically long, and

wherein the second orientation is an orientation in which the display unit is horizontally long.

17. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit displays a display item to accept a touch operation in a case where the orientation of the electronic device is the first orientation, and

wherein the control unit does not display the display item in a case where the orientation of the electronic device is the second orientation.

18. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display an image with a first size in a case where the orientation of the electronic device is the first orientation, and

wherein the control unit controls the display unit to displays the image with a second size, which is larger than the first size, in response to the orientation changing from the first orientation to the second orientation.

19. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein, in the case where the electronic device is set to the first state, the control unit performs the predetermined processing based on a touch operation not including movement of a touch position on the display unit, and

wherein, in the case where the electric device is set to the second state, the control unit does not perform the predetermined processing even if the touch operation not including the touch position movement is performed on the display unit.

20. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processor further causes the electronic device to function as a setting unit configured to set, based on the detected orientation, whether to control whether a touch operation is allowed,

wherein, in a case where the setting indicates not to control whether the touch operation is allowed, the control unit does not set the electronic device to the second state even if the orientation changes from the first orientation to the second orientation.

21. A method for controlling an electronic device that includes a display unit, the method comprising:

setting the electronic device to a second state in a case where the electronic device is set to a first state and a detected orientation changes from a first orientation to a second orientation that is different from the first orientation;

setting the electronic device to the first state in a case where the detected orientation changes from the second orientation to the first orientation;

performing, in a case where the electronic device is set to the first state, predetermined processing based on the touch operation performed on the display unit; and

not performing, in a case where the electric device is set to the second state, the predetermined processing even if the touch operation is performed anywhere on a screen of the display unit.

22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that causes a computer execute a method for controlling an electronic device that includes a display unit, the method comprising:

setting the electronic device to a second state in a case where the electronic device is set to a first state and the detected orientation changes from a first orientation to a second orientation that is different from the first orientation;

setting the electronic device to the first state in a case where the detected orientation changes from the second orientation to the first orientation;

performing, in a case where the electronic device is set to the first state, predetermined processing based on a touch operation performed on the display unit; and

not performing, in a case where the electric device is set to the second state, the predetermined processing even if the touch operation is performed anywhere on a screen of the display unit.

23. An electronic device equipped with a display unit, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to function as;

a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation performed on the display unit;

a switching unit configured to switch between a display state in which the display unit displays an image with a first size and a full-screen display state in which the display unit displays an image with a second size that is larger than the first size; and

a control unit configured to perform control to;

perform, in a case where the image is displayed with the first size, predetermined processing based on a touch operation performed on an image display region displayed on the display unit in a case where the image is displayed with the first size, and

not perform, in a case where the image is displayed with the second size, the predetermined processing even if a touch operation has been performed in the image display region displayed anywhere on a screen of the display unit.

24. A method for controlling an electronic device equipped with a display unit, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation performed on the display unit;

switching between a display state in which the display unit displays an image with a first size and a full-screen display state in which the display unit displays an image with a second size that is larger than the first size;

performing, in a case where the image is displayed with the first size, predetermined processing according to a touch operation performed on an image display region displayed on the display unit; and

not performing, in a case where the image is displayed with the second size, the predetermined processing even if a touch operation has been performed in the image display region displayed anywhere on a screen of the display unit.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that causes a computer to execute a method for controlling an electronic device equipped with a display unit, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation performed on the display unit;

switching between a display state in which the display unit displays an image with a first size and a full-screen display state in which the display unit displays an image with a second size that is larger than the first size;

performing, in a case where the image is displayed with the first size, predetermined processing according to a touch operation performed on an image display region displayed on the display unit; and

not performing, in a case where the image is displayed with the second size, the predetermined processing even if a touch operation has been performed in the image display region displayed anywhere on a display of the display unit.