DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS

• US 20080018666A1
• Filed: 06/05/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: TAKEUCHI, Kengo
• Granted Patent: US 8,482,580 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes

Abstract

A display control apparatus that can display information which is not set to be displayed in a mode after switching, when the mode is switched. A mode of the apparatus is switched between a first mode and a second mode. Information set to be displayed in the first mode and the second mode is selected, respectively, among a plurality of kinds of information, and then the selected information are displayed on the display device, in the first mode and in the second mode. Information except for information which is set to be displayed in the second mode, among the plurality of kinds of information, is displayed in response to switching instruction from the first mode to the second mode.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus, comprising:

a mode switching unit adapted to switch a mode of said apparatus between a first mode and a second mode; and

a display control unit adapted to select information set to be displayed in the first mode and the second mode, respectively, among a plurality of kinds of information, and then display the selected information on the display device, in the first mode and in the second mode,

wherein said display control unit displays information except for information which is set to be displayed in the second mode, among the plurality of kinds of information, in response to a switching instruction from the first mode to the second mode.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control unit selects a part of the information except for the information which is set to be displayed in the second mode, among the plurality of kinds of information, and displays the selected information in response to the switching instruction from the first mode to the second mode.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit adapted to set importance to the plurality of kinds of the information to be displayed, respectively,

wherein said display control unit selects information which is set high in the importance by said setting unit, from the information except for information which is set to be displayed in the second mode, among the plurality of kinds of information.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first mode is a playing mode and the second mode is a recording mode.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first mode is a moving image shooting mode and the second mode is a still image shooting mode.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control unit displays the information except for the information which is set to be displayed in the second mode, for a predetermined period, and then displays the selected information to be displayed in the second mode, in response to the switching instruction from the first mode to the second mode.

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display control unit displays the information except for the information which is set to be displayed in the second mode, instead of the information to be displayed in the first mode, for a predetermined period, and then displays the information to be displayed in the second mode, in response to the switching instruction from the first mode to the second mode.

8. The display control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit adapted to arbitrarily set the information to be displayed in the first mode and to arbitrarily set the information to be displayed in the second mode, in response to the switching instruction from the first mode to the second mode.

11. The display control apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a setting unit adapted to set importance to the plurality of kinds of the information to be displayed, respectively,

wherein said display control unit selects information which is set high in the importance by said setting unit, from the information except information which is set to be displayed in the operating mode, among the plurality of kinds of information.

9. A display control apparatus comprising:

a mode switching unit adapted to switch a mode of said apparatus between an operating mode and a power off mode; and

a display control unit adapted to select information set to be displayed in the operating mode, among a plurality of kinds of information, and then display the selected information on the display device, in the operating mode,

wherein said display control unit displays information except for information which is set to be displayed in the operating mode, for a predetermined time, among the plurality of kinds of information, in response to switching instruction from the operating mode to the power off mode, and

said mode switching unit switches the operating mode to the power off mode, after said display control unit has displayed information except for information which is set to be displayed in the operating mode, for a predetermined time, in response to a switching instruction from the operating mode to the power off mode.

10. The display control apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said display control unit selects a part of the information except for the information which is set to be displayed in the operating mode, among the plurality kinds of information, and displays the selected information in response to the switching instruction from the operating mode to the power off mode.