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US 10,834,311 B2Granted
Electronic device capable of assigning functions to directional operating portions and control method therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuko Izaki
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Abstract
An electronic device according to the present invention includes: an assigning unit capable of assigning respectively different functions to a plurality of operating portions of an operating member, the plurality of operating portions indicating respectively different directions; and a control unit configured to, in response to a predetermined function indicating a corresponding direction being assigned to any one of the plurality of operating portions from a state where the predetermined function is not assigned to any of the plurality of operating portions, perform control for also assigning the predetermined function indicating a corresponding direction to the other operating portion of the plurality of operating portions.
Claims21
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to:
- assign respectively different functions to a plurality of operating portions including directional operating portions indicating respectively different directions;
- and
- when a directional instruction function for instructing each direction corresponding to each directional operating portion is assigned to one of the directional operating portions in response to a user operation, change automatically to assign the directional instruction function to the other directional operating portion which has been assigned a function other than the directional instruction function.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic device to:
- select one of a plurality of operating portions including directional operating portions indicating respectively different directions, in response to a user operation;
- select a function to be assigned to the selected operating portion from a plurality of functions, in response to a user operation;
- and
- in a case where the selected operating portion is a first directional operating portion and the selected function is a directional instruction function for instructing each direction corresponding to each directional operating portion, automatically assign the directional instruction function to a second directional operating portion that differs from the first directional operating portion, and in a case where the selected operating portion is the first directional operating portion and the selected function is a function that differs from the directional instruction function, assign a function selected in response to a user operation to the second directional operating portion.
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A control method for an electronic device, comprising:
- assigning respectively different functions to a plurality of operating portions including directional operating portions indicating respectively different directions;
- and
- when a directional instruction function for instructing each direction corresponding to each directional operating portion is assigned to one of the directional operating portions in response to a user operation, changing automatically to assign the directional instruction function to the other directional operating portion which has been assigned a function other than the directional instruction function.
A control method for an electronic device, comprising:
- selecting one of a plurality of operating portions including directional operating portions indicating respectively different directions, in response to a user operation;
- selecting a function to be assigned to the selected operating portion from a plurality of functions, in response to a user operation;
- and
- in a case where the selected operating portion is a first directional operating portion and the selected function is a directional instruction function for instructing each direction corresponding to each directional operating portion, automatically assign the directional instruction function to a second directional operating portion that differs from the first directional operating portion, and in a case where the selected operating portion is the first directional operating portion and the selected function is a function that differs from the directional instruction function, assign a function selected in response to a user operation to the second directional operating portion.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program,
- wherein
- the program causes a computer to execute a control method for an electronic device, and
- the control method includes:
- assigning respectively different functions to a plurality of operating portions including directional operating portions indicating respectively different directions;
- and
- when a directional instruction function for instructing each direction corresponding to each directional operating portion is assigned to one of the directional operating portions in response to a user operation, changing automatically to assign the directional instruction function to the other directional operating portion which has been assigned a function other than the directional instruction function.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program,
- wherein
- the program causes a computer to execute a control method for an electronic device, and
- the control method includes:
- selecting one of a plurality of operating portions including directional operating portions indicating respectively different directions, in response to a user operation;
- selecting a function to be assigned to the selected operating portion from a plurality of functions, in response to a user operation;
- and
- in a case where the selected operating portion is a first directional operating portion and the selected function is a directional instruction function for instructing each direction corresponding to each directional operating portion, automatically assign the directional instruction function to a second directional operating portion that differs from the first directional operating portion, and in a case where the selected operating portion is the first directional operating portion and the selected function is a function that differs from the directional instruction function, assign a function selected in response to a user operation to the second directional operating portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.