IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20130242158A1
• Filed: 05/14/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yoshino, Eiji, Niwa, Chiyumi, Hirohashi, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,247,143 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.01
• 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 23/74 by influencing the scene brightness using illuminating means

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items and a setting value screen for displaying setting values regarding a setting item selected on the setting item screen; an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen; wherein, in a case where a state of the image display apparatus is changed from a first state in which the selected setting item is active to a second state in which the selected setting item is non-active, the display unit displays an image indicating that a setting value regarding a setting item selected before changing the state of the image display apparatus from the first state to the second state cannot be selected by the operation unit.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items and a setting value screen for displaying setting values regarding a setting item selected on the setting item screen; and

an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen;

wherein, in a case where a state of the image display apparatus is changed from a first state in which the selected setting item is active to a second state in which the selected setting item is non-active, the display unit displays an image indicating that a setting value regarding a setting item selected before changing the state of the image display apparatus from the first state to the second state cannot be selected by the operation unit,

wherein, in a case where the state of the image display apparatus is changed from the second state to the first state, the display unit displays information indicating that the setting item selected before changing the state from the first state to the second state is currently selected.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, Wherein, in a case where the state of the image display apparatus is changed from the second state to the first state, without selecting a setting item different from the setting item selected before changing the state from the first state to the second state by the operation unit in the second state, the display unit displays information indicating that the setting item selected before changing the state from the first state to the second state is currently selected.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the state of the image display apparatus is changed from the first state to the second state, the display unit displays information indicating that the setting item selected before changing the state from the first state to the second state is currently selected.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the state of the image display apparatus is changed from the second state to the first state, the display unit displays the image indicating that the setting value regarding the setting item selected before changing the state from the first state to the second state can be selected by operation unit.

5. A control method for an image display apparatus including a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items and a setting value screen for displaying setting values regarding a setting item selected on the setting item screen, an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen, the control method comprising:

in a case where a state of the image display apparatus is changed from a first state in which the selected setting item is active to a second state in which the selected setting item is non-active, displaying a image indicating which of a setting value regarding a setting item selected before changing the state from the first state to the second state cannot be selected by the operation unit; and

in a case where the state of the image display apparatus is changed from the second state to the first state, displaying information indicating which of the setting item selected before changing the state from the first state to the second state is currently selected.