ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20190014256A1
• Filed: 06/26/2018
• Published: 01/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Seiji
• Granted Patent: US 11,082,608 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/00 Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received position-fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/675 comprising setting of focusing regions

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control, while a specific screen on which a specific function can be set is displayed on a first display unit on which a touch operation can be performed, and, if a specific state regarding the specific function is set, to cancel the specific state in response to a touch operation within the first area on the display surface of the first display unit. In addition, the control unit is configured to perform control, while the specific screen is displayed on a second display unit, and, if the specific state is set, to cancel the specific state in response to a touch operation at any position within a second area that is larger than the first area on the display surface.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a detecting unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display surface of a first display unit;

a switch unit configured to switch between display on the first display unit and display on a second display unit; and

one or more processors and one or more memories which function as;

a control unit configured to perform control,

while a specific screen on which an operation for setting a specific function is receivable is displayed on the first display unit,

to set a specific state regarding the specific function based on the touch operation on the display surface, and,

if the specific state is set, based on whether the touch operation has been performed within a first area on the display surface, to cancel the specific state in response to the touch operation within the first area, and,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit,

to set the specific state based on the touch operation on the display surface, and,

if the specific state is set, regardless of whether the touch operation has been performed within the first area on the display surface, to cancel the specific state in response to the touch operation at any position within a second area that is larger than the first area.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, while the specific screen is displayed on the first display unit, if the specific state is set, the control unit does not cancel the specific state in response to a touch operation outside the first area.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

while the specific screen is displayed on the first display unit, if the specific state is set, the control unit performs control to display a display item for canceling the specific state on the first display unit, and

the first area receives a touch operation on the display item.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second area is an entire area within which a touch operation is detectable by using the detecting unit.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit, if the specific state is set, the control unit performs control to cancel the specific state in response to a release of a touch on the display surface without movement of a touch position.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit, if the specific state is set, the control unit does not cancel the specific state in at least one of a case in which the display surface is touched and the touch is released after movement of a touch position by a predetermined amount or more, and a case in which the display surface is touched and the touch is released after continuation of the touch for a predetermined period of time or more without movement of the touch position.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit,

to set the specific state in response to a touch operation within a specific area on the display surface and not to set the specific state even if a touch operation is performed outside the specific area on the display surface, and,

if the specific state is set, regardless of whether the touch operation has been performed within the specific area on the display surface, to cancel the specific state in response to a touch operation at any position within the second area that is larger than the specific area.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the specific area is smaller than an entire area within which a touch operation is detectable by using the detecting unit and is set by a user operation.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second display unit is an in-viewfinder display unit that is viewable through a look-into-type viewfinder, and

the first display unit is a display unit outside the look-into-type viewfinder.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the specific function is a function regarding image capturing using an image capturing unit.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

a live view image captured by the image capturing unit is displayed on the specific screen, and

the specific function is a function for tracking a subject as a tracking target in the live view image captured by the image capturing unit, the specific state is an execution state in which the tracking function is performed, and, once the specific state is canceled, a suspension state in which the tracking function is not performed is set.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit,

the control unit designates the tracking target based on a touch position of a touch operation on the display surface.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit, the control unit performs control,

in response to a touch operation on the display surface, to display an indicator for designating the tracking target to be superimposed on the live view image on the second display unit,

in response to movement of a touch position without releasing a touch of the touch operation, to move a display position of the indicator, and,

in response to a release of the touch of the touch operation, to confirm a subject at the display position of the indicator as the tracking target and to start tracking to set the execution state.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the control unit performs control,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit and the execution state is set, in response to a tap operation in which the display surface is touched and the touch is released within a predetermined period of time without movement of a touch position, to cancel the execution state to set the suspension state, and,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit and the execution state is set, in response to a release of a touch of a touch operation different from the tap operation on the display surface, based on a position where the different touch operation has been performed, to confirm a new tracking target and to start tracking to set the execution state.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the specific state is a state in which a specific set item regarding image capturing is set to a set value designated by a user, and

the control unit performs control,

while the specific screen is displayed on the first display unit,

to set the specific set item to a set value based on a touch position of a touch operation on the display surface as the set value designated by the user, and,

if the set value of the specific set item is set to the set value designated by the user, based on whether the touch operation has been performed within the first area on the display surface, to cancel a state in which the set value is set to the set value designated by the user in response to the touch operation within the first area, and,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit,

to set the specific set item to a set value based on a touch position of a touch operation on the display surface as the set value designated by the user, and,

if the set value of the specific set item is set to the set value designated by the user, regardless of whether the touch operation has been performed within the first area on the display surface, to cancel a state in which the set value is set to the set value designated by the user in response to a touch operation at any position within the second area that is larger than the first area.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 15, wherein

the control unit performs control,

while the specific screen is displayed on the first display unit and the set value of the specific set item is set to the set value designated by the user, to cancel the state in which the set vale is set to the set value designated by the user in response to the touch operation within the first area and to automatically set the set value of the specific set item, and,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit and the set value of the specific set item is set to the set value designated by the user, to cancel the state in which the set value is set to the set value designated by the user in response to the touch operation at any position within the specific area and to automatically set the value of the specific set item.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the specific set item is ISO sensitivity.

18. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a detecting unit configured to detect a touch operation on an operation surface; and

a memory and at least one processor which function as;

a control unit configured to perform control,

while a specific screen on which an operation for setting a specific function is receivable is displayed on a display unit that performs display at a position different from a position of the operation surface,

to set a specific state regarding the specific function in response to a touch operation within a specific area on the operation surface and not to set the specific state even if a touch operation is performed outside the specific area on the operation surface, and,

if the specific state is set, regardless of whether a touch operation is performed within the specific area on the operation surface, to cancel the specific state in response to a touch operation at any position within a second area that is larger than the specific area.

19. The electronic apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the specific area is smaller than an entire area within which a touch operation is detectable by using the detecting unit and is set by a user operation.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the second area is an entire area within which a touch operation is detectable by using the detecting unit.

21. The electronic apparatus according to claim 18, wherein

the display unit is an in-viewfinder display unit that is viewable through a look-into-type viewfinder, and

the operation surface is disposed outside the look-into-type viewfinder and is a display surface of a touch panel display unit that is different from the display unit.

22. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation on a display surface of a first display unit;

switching between display on the first display unit and display on a second display unit; and

performing control,

while a specific screen on which an operation for setting a specific function is receivable is displayed on the first display unit,

to set a specific state regarding the specific function based on the touch operation on the display surface, and,

if the specific state is set, based on whether the touch operation has been performed within a first area on the display surface, to cancel the specific state in response to the touch operation within the first area, and,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit,

to set the specific state based on the touch operation on the display surface, and,

if the specific state is set, regardless of whether the touch operation has been performed within the first area on the display surface, to cancel the specific state in response to the touch operation at any position within a second area that is larger than the first area.

23. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation on an operation surface; and

performing control,

while a specific screen on which an operation for setting a specific function is receivable is displayed on a display unit that performs display at a position different from a position of the operation surface,

to set a specific state regarding the specific function in response to a touch operation within a specific area on the operation surface and not to set the specific state even if a touch operation is performed outside the specific area on the operation surface, and,

if the specific state is set, regardless of whether a touch operation is performed within the specific area on the operation surface, to cancel the specific state in response to a touch operation at any position within a second area that is larger than the specific area.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation on a display surface of a first display unit;

switching between display on the first display unit and display on a second display unit; and

performing control,

while a specific screen on which an operation for setting a specific function is receivable is displayed on the first display unit,

to set a specific state regarding the specific function based on the touch operation on the display surface, and,

if the specific state is set, based on whether the touch operation has been performed within a first area on the display surface, to cancel the specific state in response to the touch operation within the first area, and,

while the specific screen is displayed on the second display unit,

to set the specific state based on the touch operation on the display surface, and,

if the specific state is set, regardless of whether the touch operation has been performed within the first area on the display surface, to cancel the specific state in response to the touch operation at any position within a second area that is larger than the first area.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a touch operation on an operation surface; and

performing control,

while a specific screen on which an operation for setting a specific function is receivable is displayed on a display unit that performs display at a position different from a position of the operation surface,

to set a specific state regarding the specific function in response to a touch operation within a specific area on the operation surface and not to set the specific state even if a touch operation is performed outside the specific area on the operation surface, and,

if the specific state is set, regardless of whether a touch operation is performed within the specific area on the operation surface, to cancel the specific state in response to a touch operation at any position within a second area that is larger than the specific area.