# US 10,313,580 B2 · Electronic apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,580 B2 - Document ID: US10313580B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/683,538 - Filed: 2017-08-22 - Published: 2018-03-01 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-30 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yasufumi Oyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313580B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - G06F 3/005: {Input arrangements through a video camera} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - H04N 23/672: {based on the phase difference signals} - G06F 2203/04808: Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation on an operation surface including a first region, a third region, and a second region adjacent to one another, and a control unit that performs control, when a touch position is moved in the first region, to move a mark, which is displayed on a display unit different from the operation surface, based on a first component and a second component of movement of the touch position, not move the mark displayed on the display unit even when the touch position is moved in the second region, and not move the mark displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the third region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic apparatus comprising: a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on an operation surface, the operation surface including a first region, a third region adjacent to the first region, and a second region adjacent to the third region; and a control unit configured to perform, when a touch position is moved in the first region, control to move a mark, which is displayed on a display unit different from the operation surface, based on a first component and a second component of movement of the touch position, wherein the control unit performs control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit when the touch position is moved in the second region of the operation surface, and wherein the control unit performs control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the third region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control to display the mark on the display unit in response to a touch being started in the first region and not to display the mark on the display unit when a touch is started in the second region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control to display the mark on the display unit in response to a touch being started in the first region and to perform specific processing based on a position of the mark in response to the touch being released from the first region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specific processing is autofocus (AF) processing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specific processing is processing for determining a tracking target or starting of tracking. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specific processing includes at least one of automatic exposure (AE) processing and automatic white balance (AWB) processing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit performs control to perform the specific processing in response to a touch started in the first region moving to the second region, and not to perform, when a touch started in the first region moves to the third region, the specific processing and not to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on movement of the touch position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third region is a region sandwiched between the first region and the second region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a correction unit configured to correct at least one of a position in the first component and a position in the second component of a position at which a touch in the third region has been performed to a position of an edge of the first region, wherein the control unit performs control to display the mark on the display unit based on the position corrected by the correction unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third region is a region located along a side parallel to the first component and a side parallel to the second component, and wherein the control unit performs control not to move the mark based on movement of the touch position in the second component when the touch position is moved in a region located along a side of the first component of the third region and not to move the mark based on movement of the touch position in the first movement when the touch position is moved in a region located along a side of the second component of the third region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is a display unit viewable via a viewfinder, and wherein the control unit performs control not to display the mark on the display unit when a touch is started on the second region in a case where the mark is displayed on the display unit, and to display the mark on an extra-viewfinder display unit integrally provided with the operation surface and provided outside the viewfinder when a touch is started on the second region in a case where the mark is displayed on the extra-viewfinder display unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising an access detection unit configured to detect an object accessing the viewfinder including the display unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit performs control to display the mark on the display unit in response to the touch position moving to the third region after a touch is started in the second region in a case where the mark is displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first component and the second component include an X-axis component and a Y-axis component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a captured image acquired by imaging is displayed on the display unit and the mark is displayed while being superimposed on the captured image. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection unit configured to enable selecting a size of the first region of the operation surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation surface is provided at a position different from the display unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the third region. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in response to a touch started in the first region moving to the second region, the control unit makes the touch ineffective. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when a touch started in the first region has been moved from the first region to a portion located in a direction of the first component of the third region, the control unit performs control to move the mark along the second component, without moving the mark along the first component, based on movement of the touch in the first component and the second component at the portion. ### Claim 21 An electronic apparatus comprising: an imaging unit; a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on an operation surface, the operation surface including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region; and a control unit configured to perform, when a touch position is moved in the first region, control to move a mark, which is displayed on a display unit different from the operation surface and indicates a position at which to perform processing about imaging, based on a first component and a second component of movement of the touch position and to perform, in response to a touch being released from the first region, the processing based on a position at which the mark is displayed, wherein the control unit performs control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the second region of the operation surface. ### Claim 22 A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including an operation surface, the operation surface including a first region, a third region adjacent to the first region, and a second region adjacent to the third region, the method comprising: detecting a touch operation on the operation surface; and performing, when a touch position is moved in the first region, control to move a mark, which is displayed on a display unit different from the operation surface, based on a first component and a second component of movement of the touch position, performing control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit when the touch position is moved in the second region of the operation surface, and performing control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the third region. ### Claim 23 A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including an imaging unit and an operation surface including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, the method comprising: detecting a touch operation on an operation surface; and performing, when a touch position is moved in the first region, control to move a mark, which is displayed on a display unit different from the operation surface and indicates a position at which to perform processing about imaging, based on a first component and a second component of movement of the touch position, performing, in response to a touch being released from the first region, the processing based on a position at which the mark is displayed, and performing control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the second region of the operation surface. ### Claim 24 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a method for controlling an electronic apparatus including an operation surface, the operation surface including a first region, a third region adjacent to the first region, and a second region adjacent to the third region, the method comprising: detecting a touch operation on the operation surface; and performing, when a touch position is moved in the first region, control to move a mark, which is displayed on a display unit different from the operation surface, based on a first component and a second component of movement of the touch position, performing control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit when the touch position is moved in the second region of the operation surface, and performing control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the third region. ### Claim 25 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a method for controlling an electronic apparatus including an imaging unit and an operation surface including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, the method comprising: detecting a touch operation on an operation surface; and performing, when a touch position is moved in the first region, control to move a mark, which is displayed on a display unit different from the operation surface and indicates a position at which to perform processing about imaging, based on a first component and a second component of movement of the touch position, performing, in response to a touch being released from the first region, the processing based on a position at which the mark is displayed, and performing control not to move the mark displayed on the display unit based on at least one of the first component and the second component of movement of the touch position when the touch position is moved in the second region of the operation surface.