ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20170300215A1
• Filed: 04/07/2017
• Published: 10/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Nakahama, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US15/482,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20170300215A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming

Abstract

An electronic device detects a touch operation on an operation unit, detects at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large, receives a movement operation of a touch position of the touch operation on the operation unit, and performs control so that a first function is executed based on receipt of the movement operation, wherein control is performed so that, in a case where a predetermined change in the pressing force is detected without a touch of the touch operation being released after the receipt of the movement operation, a second function is not executed when the predetermined change is detected, and control is performed so that, in a case where the predetermined change is detected before the movement operation, the second function is executed when the predetermined change is detected.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on an operation unit;

a press detection unit configured to detect at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large;

a reception unit configured to receive a movement operation of a touch position of the touch operation on the operation unit; and

a control unit configured to perform control so that a first function is executed based on receipt of the movement operation,

wherein the control unit performs control so that, in a case where a predetermined change in the pressing force is detected without a touch of the touch operation being released after receipt of the movement operation, a second function is not executed when the predetermined change is detected, and

wherein the control unit performs control so that, in a case where the predetermined change is detected before the movement operation, the second function is executed when the predetermined change is detected.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control so that in a case where, after the second function is executed based on the predetermined change, the reception unit receives the movement operation, a function corresponding to the movement operation is executed.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control so that the second function is not executed based on a change in the pressing force of a press on the operation unit performed while the touch is not released after receipt of the movement operation.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control so that, in a case the reception unit receives the movement operation, if the predetermined change is detected in a pressing force for the operation unit by another touch started after the touch is released from the operation unit, the second function is executed.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined change in the pressing force is a change in which the pressing force decreases.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second function is a function of changing a display magnification of a display target displayed on a display unit.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the control unit performs control so that, if the predetermined change in the pressing force for the operation unit is a change in which the pressing force increases, the display magnification of the display target is made smaller, and if the predetermined change in the pressing force for the operation unit is a change in which the pressing force decreases, the display magnification of the display target is made greater.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the first function is a function executed if, after a function based on an increase in the pressing force is executed, the reception unit receives the movement operation and the first function is a function of selecting a partial area included in the display target.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit performs control so that, after the first function is executed, based on an operation of releasing the touch being performed, an area in the display target selected by the first function is displayed in an enlarged manner.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit performs control so that, based on an operation of releasing the touch being performed, an area in the display target selected by the first function is displayed at a display magnification used before a press on the operation unit causing execution of the second function.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit performs control so that, when the reception unit receives the movement operation after the function based on an increase in the pressing force is executed, the display target is moved while a mark indicating a partial area that is included in the display target and selected by the first function is not moved.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit performs control so that, when the reception unit receives the movement operation after the function based on an increase in the pressing force is executed, a mark indicating a partial area that is included in the display target and selected by the first function is moved, and the display target is not moved.

13. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the control unit performs control so that, in a case where the pressing force for the operation unit increases and the display magnification of the display target is made smaller, a mark indicating a partial area included in the display target is displayed.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein the control unit performs control so that, in a case where the pressing force for the operation unit increases, and the display magnification of the display target is made smaller, the mark is displayed at a position indicating an area in the display target displayed on the display unit before the pressing force increases.

15. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the display target includes a reproduction image, a map, text, a web page, a document, or a table.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first function is a function of changing a range included in a display target and displayed on a display unit.

17. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first function is either a function of selecting an item or a function of changing a parameter.

18. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second function is either a function of determining a selected item or a function of displaying a selected display target on a display unit.

19. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein an operation for executing the second function is received on a first screen displayed on a display unit, and

wherein an operation for executing the first function can be received on a second screen displayed on the display unit by executing the second function.

20. The electronic device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit performs control so that, after receipt of the movement operation, if the predetermined change is detected in the pressing force of a press on the operation unit performed without the touch being released from the operation unit, the second function is not executed if the predetermined change in the pressing force is less than a predetermined magnitude, and

wherein the control unit performs control so that, after receipt of the movement operation, if the predetermined change is detected in the pressing force of a press on the operation unit performed without the touch being released from the operation unit, and the predetermined change in the pressing force is greater than or equal to the predetermined magnitude, the second function is executed.

21. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a change in a magnitude of the pressing force exceeds a threshold, it is determined that the predetermined change is detected.

22. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit is a display surface of a display unit.

23. An electronic device comprising:

a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on an operation unit;

a press detection unit configured to detect at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large; and

a control unit configured to perform control so that, based on a predetermined change in the pressing force, a display magnification of a display target displayed on a display unit is changed,

wherein the control unit performs control so that, when the display target is displayed at a first magnification, the display target is displayed at a second magnification that is smaller than the first magnification based on an increase in the pressing force, and then, based on release of a touch of the touch operation, the display target is displayed at the first magnification.

24. The electronic device according to claim 23, further comprising a selection unit configured to select a partial area in the display target based on a movement operation of a touch position of the detected touch operation,

wherein the control unit performs control so that, based on the movement operation performed when the display target is displayed at the second magnification, a mark indicating the selected partial area is displayed, and, based on release of the touch, the partial area indicated by the mark is displayed at the first magnification.

25. An electronic device comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on an operation unit;

a press detection unit configured to detect at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large; and

a control unit configured to perform control to change a display magnification of a display target displayed on a display unit,

wherein the control unit performs control so that, when the pressing force of a press on the operation unit started in a case where the display magnification of the display target is smaller than a predetermined magnification increases, the display magnification is made greater, and

wherein the control unit performs control so that, when the pressing force of a press on the operation unit started in a case where the display magnification of the display target is greater than the predetermined magnification increases, the display magnification is made smaller.

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

detecting a touch operation on an operation unit;

detecting at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large;

receiving a movement operation of a touch position of the touch operation on the operation unit; and

performing control so that a first function is executed based on receipt of the movement operation,

wherein control is performed so that, in a case where a predetermined change in the pressing force is detected without a touch of the touch operation being released after receipt of the movement operation, a second function is not executed when the predetermined change is detected, and

wherein control is performed so that, in a case where the predetermined change is detected before the movement operation, the second function is executed when the predetermined change is detected.

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

detecting a touch operation on an operation unit;

detecting at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large; and

performing control so that, based on a predetermined change in the pressing force, a display magnification of a display target displayed on a display unit is changed,

wherein control is performed so that, when the display target is displayed at a first magnification, the display target is displayed at a second magnification that is smaller than the first magnification based on an increase in the pressing force, and then, based on release of a touch of the touch operation, the display target is displayed at the first magnification.

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

detecting a touch operation on an operation unit;

detecting at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large; and

performing control to change a display magnification of a display target displayed on a display unit,

wherein control is performed so that, when the pressing force of a press on the operation unit started in a case where the display magnification of the display target is smaller than a predetermined magnification increases, the display magnification is made greater, and

wherein control is performed so that, when the pressing force of a press on the operation unit started in a case where the display magnification of the display target is greater than the predetermined magnification increases, the display magnification is made smaller.

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

detecting a touch operation on an operation unit;

detecting at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large;

receiving a movement operation of a touch position of the touch operation on the operation unit; and

performing control so that a first function is executed based on receipt of the movement operation,

wherein control is performed so that, in a case where a predetermined change in the pressing force is detected without a touch of the touch operation being released after receipt of the movement operation, a second function is not executed when the predetermined change is detected, and

wherein control is performed so that, in a case where the predetermined change is detected before the movement operation, the second function is executed when the predetermined change is detected.

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

detecting a touch operation on an operation unit;

detecting at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large; and

performing control so that, based on a predetermined change in the pressing force, a display magnification of a display target displayed on a display unit is changed,

wherein control is performed so that, when the display target is displayed at a first magnification, the display target is displayed at a second magnification that is smaller than the first magnification based on an increase in the pressing force, and then, based on release of a touch of the touch operation, the display target is displayed at the first magnification.

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

detecting a touch operation on an operation unit;

detecting at least whether a pressing force for the operation unit is small or large; and

performing control to change a display magnification of a display target displayed on a display unit,

wherein control is performed so that, when the pressing force of a press on the operation unit started in a case where the display magnification of the display target is smaller than a predetermined magnification increases, the display magnification is made greater, and

wherein control is performed so that, when the pressing force of a press on the operation unit started in a case where the display magnification of the display target is greater than the predetermined magnification increases, the display magnification is made smaller.