Image display apparatus and control method for displaying setting items thereon

• US 9,247,143 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2013
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yoshino, Eiji, Niwa, Chiyumi, Hirohashi, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): CUTLER, ALBERT H
• Application Number:
  US13/894,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20130242158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 of a camera, 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 selection occurs by moving an indicator to select an item from which the setting is to be performed;

wherein, in a case where a state of the image display apparatus is changed from a first state in which a setting item which has been selected among the setting items on the setting item screen is active to a second state in which the setting item is non-active based on a factor different from an operation for selecting one of the setting items, the display unit displays an image indicating that a setting value regarding the setting item 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 based on a factor different from the operation for selecting one of the setting items, the display unit displays information that distinguishes a selected setting item which has been selected from before changing the state from the first state to the second state and setting items which are not selected, and

wherein the setting items include at least one of a flash light control item for setting a flash light control mode, a camera shake correction item for performing a camera shake correction and a self-timer setting item for performing self-timer photographing.

2. The image display 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 selected setting item which has been selected from before changing the state from the first state to the second state in the second state, the display unit displays the information.

3. The image display 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 the information.

4. The image display 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 selected setting item can be selected by the 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 a setting item which has been selected among the setting items on the setting item screen is active to a second state in which the setting item is non-active based on a factor different from an operation for selecting one of the setting items, displaying an image indicating which of a setting value regarding the setting item 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 based on a factor different from the operation for selection one of the setting items, displaying information that distinguishes a selected setting item which has been selected from before changing the state from the first state to the second state and setting items which are not selected, and

wherein the setting items include at least one of a flash light control item for setting a flash light control mode, a camera shake correction item for performing a camera shake correction and a self-timer setting item for performing self-timer photographing.