Electronic device, driving method of the same, and computer readable recording medium

• US 9,172,866 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OM Digital Solutions Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Ito, Kensei, Sato, Kazuhiro, Ushio, Mariko, Fujii, Naoki, Nonaka, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): MOE, AUNG SOE
• Application Number:
  US14/050,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20140098273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 on a screen, 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; and

a main body controller including a touch detector that detects the position of the touch depending on the position signal input from the touch screen, 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,

wherein the display controller causes the mark to be displayed at an initial position on the rotational pathway that is a position originally touched on the touch screen, and determines a size of the rotational pathway on the display unit depending on a size of a display area of the display unit, and

when the position of the touch is changed, the touch detector detects a change in an X direction and a change in a Y direction based on the positional signal input from the touch screen, the main body controller compares an absolute value of the change in the X direction with an absolute value of the change in the Y direction, and the display controller causes the mark to be displayed based on a comparison result between the absolute value of the change in the X direction and the absolute value of the change in the Y direction.

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 unit is an eyepiece type finder.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein operations of the electronic device correspond to shooting parameters related to shooting.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, 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.

10. 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.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is provided separately from the touch screen.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a size of the display unit is smaller than a size of the touch screen.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the display unit is an eyepiece type view finder and has no touch function.

14. 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 on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway, wherein a size of the rotational pathway on the screen is determined depending on a size of a display area of the screen;

detecting the position of the touch depending on the position signal corresponding to the position of the touch input from the touch screen;

converting the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway;

causing the mark to be displayed at an initial position on the rotational pathway that is a position originally touched on the touch screen, and

responsive to the position of the touch being changed, further

(1) detecting a change in an X direction and a change in a Y direction based on the positional signal input from the touch screen,

(2) comparing an absolute value of the change in the X direction with an absolute value of the change in the Y direction, and

(3) causing the mark to be displayed based on a comparison result between the absolute value of the change in the X direction and the absolute value of the change in the Y direction; 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.

15. 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 on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway, wherein a size of the rotational pathway on the screen is determined depending on a size of a display area of the screen;

detecting the position of the touch depending on the position signal corresponding to the position of the touch input from the touch screen;

converting the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway;

causing the mark to be displayed at an initial position on the rotational pathway that is a position originally touched on the touch screen, and

responsive to the position of the touch being changed, further

(1) detecting a change in an X direction and a change in a Y direction based on the positional signal input from the touch screen,

(2) comparing an absolute value of the change in the X direction with an absolute value of the change in the Y direction, and

(3) causing the mark to be displayed based on a comparison result between the absolute value of the change in the X direction and the absolute value of the change in the Y direction; 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.