ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20140098273A1
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OM Digital Solutions Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: ITO, Kensei, NONAKA, Osamu, SATO, Kazuhiro, USHIO, Mariko, FUJII, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 9,172,866 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a display unit capable of displaying a rotational pathway which rotates on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway; a touch screen that detects a touch from an outside and receives an input of a positional signal according to a position of the touch; a display controller that converts the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway and causes a mark to be displayed at the position converted; and an operation controller that controls an operation of the electronic device according to a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway.

Claims

1. An electronic device capable of operating according to an operation signal that is input, comprising:

a display unit capable of displaying a rotational pathway which rotates on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway;

a touch screen that detects a touch from an outside and receives an input of a positional signal according to a position of the touch;

a display controller that converts the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway and causes a mark to be displayed at the position converted; and

an operation controller that controls an operation of the electronic device according to a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an operation input unit that receives an input of a determination signal that determines an operation of the electronic device, wherein

the operation controller executes an operation of the electronic device, the operation corresponding to a display position of the mark at a time point when the determination signal is input from the operation input unit.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the rotational pathway is circular-ring-shaped.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display controller causes the mark to be displayed at a predetermined position on the rotational pathway when the touch screen receives the input of the positional signal.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is an eyepiece type finder.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rear surface display unit that is provided at a rear surface of the electronic device and capable of displaying an image, wherein

the touch screen is provided being superimposed on a display screen of the rear surface display unit.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display controller causes the display unit to display the mark while shifting the mark per 90 degrees.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject and generates image data of the subject, wherein

the display unit displays an image corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging unit.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a lens unit that internally retains a plurality of optical elements, condenses light from a predetermined view field area, and includes a lens operation unit that receives an input of an instruction signal related to an operation of the electronic device, wherein

the display controller causes a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway to be shifted when the instruction signal is input from the lens operation unit.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein operations of the electronic device correspond to shooting parameters related to shooting.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, further comprising:

an image processor that executes image processing on the image data, wherein

the shooting parameters include exposure information, brightness information, zoom magnification information, focus position information, ISO sensitivity information, aperture information, shutter speed information, process information of image processing by the image processor, and shooting mode information related to a shooting mode.

12. A driving method executed by an electronic device comprising a touch screen that detects a touch from an outside and receives an input of a positional signal corresponding to a position of the touch, the electronic device being capable of operating according to an operation signal that is input, the driving method comprising:

starting display of a rotational pathway that rotates on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway;

converting the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway and causing a mark to be displayed at the position converted; and

controlling an operation of the electronic device according to a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway when a determination signal that determines the display position of the mark is input.

13. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium with an executable computer program recorded therein, the computer program instructing a processor, which is included in an electronic device comprising a touch screen that detects a touch from an outside, receives an input of a positional signal corresponding to a position of the touch, and is capable of operating according to an operation signal that is input, to execute:

starting display of a rotational pathway that rotates on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway;

converting the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway and causing a mark to be displayed at the position converted; and

controlling an operation of the electronic device according to a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway when a determination signal that determines the display position of the mark is input.