ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20200137296A1
• Filed: 10/14/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Okada, Koichi
• Application Number:
  US16/601,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20200137296A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/633 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

An electronic device includes a change unit configured to change a setting of a first setting item in response to an instruction from a user, and to change a setting of a second setting item due to a change in the setting of the first setting item, a display control unit configured to perform control to display the changed setting of the second setting item in a case where the second setting item is changed by the change unit due to the change in the setting of the first setting item, and not to display a setting of a setting item in a case where the second setting item is not changed by the change unit, and a control unit configured to perform control to change the changed setting of the second setting item in response to an instruction from the user.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a change unit configured to change a setting of a first setting item in response to an instruction from a user, and to change a setting of a second setting item different from the first setting item due to a change in the setting of the first setting item made by the change unit;

a display control unit configured to perform control to display the changed setting of the second setting item in a case where the second setting item is changed by the change unit due to the change in the setting of the first setting item, and not to display a setting of a setting item different from the first setting item in a case where the second setting item is not changed by the change unit; and

a control unit configured to perform control to change the changed setting of the second setting item displayed by the display control unit in response to an instruction from the user.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to perform control to display settings of the second setting items in a list in a case where a plurality of the changed second setting items is present.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to perform control to change the setting of the second setting item in a range where a change in the setting of the first setting item changed by the change unit is not involved.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to performs control to change the setting of the second setting item in response to an operation by the user on the setting of the second setting item displayed by the display control unit.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to perform control to, in response to the instruction from the user to change the setting of the second setting item changed by the change unit due to the change in the setting of the first setting item, selectably display a setting in a range where a change in the setting of the first setting item is not involved.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to perform control to, in a case where the setting of the second setting item changed by the change unit due to the change in the setting of the first setting item is displayed, indicate in a recognizable manner that the setting of the second setting item that cannot retain the setting of the first setting item due to a change in the setting of the second setting item cannot be changed.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is configured to perform control to, in a case where the setting of the second setting item changed by the change unit due to the change in the setting of the first setting item is displayed, hide the setting of the second setting item that cannot retain the setting of the first setting item due to a change in the setting of the second setting item.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in a case where settings of a plurality of second setting items are changed due to the change in the setting of the first setting item in response to an instruction from the user, the change unit corrects the settings of the plurality of second setting items in order of priority.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein in a case where settings of a plurality of second setting items are corrected due to the change in the setting of the first setting item in response to an instruction from the user, the change unit is configured to change a setting of a second setting item given a lower priority in a range where a change in a setting of a second setting item given a higher priority is not involved.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, due to a change in the setting of the second setting item made by the control unit in response to an instruction from the user, the change unit is configured to change a setting of a third setting item different from the second setting item.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the display control unit is configured to perform control to display the setting of the third setting item changed by the change unit.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the display control unit is configured to perform control to, after hiding the setting of the second setting item, display the setting of the third setting item.

13. The electronic device according to claim 10, further comprising a reception unit configured to, in a case where settings of a plurality of second setting items are displayed by the display control unit, collectively receive an instruction from the user to change the settings of the plurality of second setting items,

wherein after the reception unit collectively receives the instructions from the user to change the settings of the plurality of second setting items, the change unit changes the setting of the third setting item.

14. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the change unit excludes the setting of the first setting item from a correction target in a case where the setting of the third setting item is to be corrected.

15. The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the change unit corrects the setting of the third setting item in a range where a change in the setting of the first setting item or the setting of the second setting item is not involved.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the display control unit performs control to, while continuing to display the setting of the second setting item, additionally display the setting of the third setting item.

17. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit performs control to, after hiding the setting of the second setting item, display the setting of the second setting item again in response to an instruction from the user.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17, further comprising a storage unit configured to store the setting of the second setting item changed by the change unit due to the change in the setting of the first setting item,

wherein the display control unit performs control to, based on the setting of the second setting item stored in the storage unit, display the setting of the second setting item again.

19. A method for controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:

changing a setting of a first setting item in response to an instruction from a user, and due to a change in the setting of the first setting item, changing a setting of a second setting item different from the first setting item;

performing control to display, in a case where a second setting item is changed as a result of a change in the setting of the first setting item, a changed setting of the second setting item, and in a case where the second setting item is not changed, not to display a setting of a setting item different from the first setting item; and

performing control to, in response to an instruction from the user, change the displayed changed setting of the second setting item.

20. A computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for executing the method according to claim 19.