ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20140184868A1
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Ryo
• Granted Patent: US 9,277,117 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/531 being rotatable or detachable
• 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 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image

Abstract

Control is made in such that in a case where an attitude detected by an attitude detection unit is a first attitude, if a trace of a detected touched position satisfies a specific condition, a function corresponding to the detected trace is executed, and in a case where the detected attitude is a second attitude opposite to the first attitude, even if the trace of the detected touched position is a trace which satisfies the specific condition, the corresponding function is not executed. Thus, when an electronic apparatus is upside-down, a specific gesture operation by a touch operation is invalidated.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an attitude detection unit;

a touch detection unit; and

a control unit configured to control in such a manner that

in a case where an attitude detected by the attitude detection unit is a first attitude, if a trace of a touched position detected by the touch detection unit satisfies a specific condition, a function corresponding to the detected trace is executed, and

in a case where the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit is a second attitude opposite to the first attitude, even if the trace of the touched position detected by the touch detection unit is a trace which satisfies the specific condition, the corresponding function is not executed.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trace which satisfies the specific condition is a trace based on such a condition that one directional component of the trace is moved by a predetermined distance or longer, and in a case where the trace is moved by a predetermined distance or longer in an opposite direction, a different function is assigned.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the trace which satisfies the specific condition is a trace based on such a condition that it is a trace of two or more dimensions.

4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specific trace is a character.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trace which satisfies the specific condition does not include a trace of a pinch.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls in such that in a case where the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit is the second attitude, a button arranged to activate a function even if the trace which satisfies the specific condition is not detected is displayed to a display unit.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls in such that in a case where the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit is the second attitude, a guidance to the effect that the trace which satisfies the specific condition cannot be detected when the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit is the second attitude is displayed to a display unit.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at the time of a photographing, the attitude detection unit detects the attitude, and at the time of an image confirmation after the photographing, the attitude detection unit does not detect the attitude but retains information detected at the time of the photographing.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attitude detection unit executes an attitude detection processing for a period of time from an activation of the electronic apparatus to completion thereof.

10. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a grip portion.

11. A control method of an electronic apparatus, comprising:

an attitude detection step;

a touch detection step; and

a control step of controlling in such a manner that

in a case where an attitude detected in the attitude detection step is a first attitude, if a trace of a touched position detected in the touch detection step satisfies a specific condition, a function corresponding to the detected trace is executed, and

in a case where the attitude detected in the attitude detection step is a second attitude opposite to the first attitude, even if the trace of the touched position detected in the touch detection step is a trace which satisfies the specific condition, the corresponding function is not executed.

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

an attitude detection step;

a touch detection step; and

a control step of controlling in such a manner that

in a case where an attitude detected in the attitude detection step is a first attitude, if a trace of a touched position detected in the touch detection step satisfies a specific condition, a function corresponding to the detected trace is executed, and

in a case where the attitude detected in the attitude detection step is a second attitude opposite to the first attitude, even if the trace of the touched position detected in the touch detection step is a trace which satisfies the specific condition, the corresponding function is not executed.