# US 10,873,695 B2 · Display control apparatus, electronic apparatus, and control method therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,695 B2 - Document ID: US10873695B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/849,499 - Filed: 2017-12-20 - Published: 2018-06-28 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-27 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Koji Yoshida; Ryu Wakui; Shingo Yamazaki; Takuro Miyajima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873695B2 ## CPC - G03B 5/00: Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing - G03B 7/00: Control of exposure by setting shutters, diaphragms or filters, separately or conjointly (control of exposure in television cameras by means of circuitry influencing the optical part of the camera H04N23/75) - G03B 9/00: Exposure-making shutters; Diaphragms - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - H04N 23/632: {for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters} - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - H04N 23/672: {based on the phase difference signals} - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A display control apparatus includes a switching unit configured to switch a display mode of a setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, the setting screen being arranged to display a plurality of setting items, including a predetermined setting item; and a control unit configured to, in the first display mode, display on the setting screen a first item related to the predetermined setting item and a plurality of items related to a plurality of setting items different from the predetermined setting item, and display a second item, on the setting screen in the case that the first item is selected, the second item representing candidate values which may be set, and in the second display mode, display on the setting screen a third item representing candidate values which may be set, and display a plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display control apparatus comprising: at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a switching unit configured to switch a display mode of a setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, the setting screen being arranged to display a plurality of setting items, including a predetermined setting item; and a control unit configured to: in the first display mode, display on the setting screen a first item which is related to the predetermined setting item and a plurality of items related to a plurality of setting items different from the predetermined setting item, and not display candidate values of the predetermined setting item, and in the second display mode, display on the setting screen candidate values of the predetermined setting item together with a plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items, wherein, on the setting screen in the first display mode, a setting item is selectable from the first item and the plurality of items, and a sub screen of the setting screen displaying candidates of setting values of the selected item is displayed in response to selection of the setting item, in a case that the first item is selected, display the candidate values which may be set as a value of the predetermined setting item, a value is to be selectable from candidate values of the predetermined setting item in a sub screen of the first item, wherein, in the second display mode, a setting item is selectable from the plurality of items on the setting screen and a value is selectable from the candidate values of the predetermined setting item on the setting screen, and on the setting screen, in response to item selection of the plurality of items, a sub screen of the setting screen displaying candidates of setting values of the selected item is displayed, and a value is to be selectable from candidate values of the selected item in the sub screen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of setting items that are different from the predetermined setting item and are displayed on the setting screen is smaller in the second display mode than in the first display mode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control not to display the plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items when a second item is displayed, and performs control to display the plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items when a third item is displayed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if an operation of setting a value of the predetermined setting item is performed while a third item is displayed, the control unit performs control to display a guidance about the value that has been set, and if an operation of setting a value of the predetermined setting item is performed while a second item is displayed, the control unit performs control not to display the guidance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of a second item and a third item is a bar for setting a value of the predetermined setting item. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control to display an indicator indicating a set value on a bar representing candidate values of the predetermined setting item on the setting screen in the second display mode, and performs control to display a set value of the predetermined setting item in a form of a numeral and not to display the indicator on the setting screen in the first display mode before a second item is displayed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting screen in the first display mode and the setting screen in the second display mode have different background colors. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, upon a first button being operated while a screen different from the setting screen is displayed, the control unit performs control to display the setting screen in the first display mode if the first display mode is set and display the setting screen in the second display mode if the second display mode is set. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs control to display the first item and a third item such that the third item is larger in size than the first item. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further function as: a selecting unit configured to select a shooting mode from among a plurality of shooting modes, wherein the predetermined setting item varies according to a shooting mode selected by the selecting unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined setting item is shutter speed if the shooting mode is a Tv mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined setting item is aperture value if the shooting mode is an Av mode. ### Claim 13 A control method for a display control apparatus, comprising: switching a display mode of a setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, the setting screen being arranged to display a plurality of setting items, including a predetermined setting item; and performing control, in the first display mode, to display on the setting screen a first item which is related to the predetermined setting item and a plurality of items related to a plurality of setting items different from the predetermined setting item, and not to display candidate values of the predetermined setting item, and in the second display mode, to display on the setting screen candidate values of the predetermined setting item together with a plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items, wherein, on the setting screen in the first display mode, a setting item is selectable from the first item and the plurality of items, and a sub screen of the setting screen displaying candidates of setting values of the selected item is displayed in response to selection of the setting item, in a case that the first item is selected, display the candidate values which may be set as a value of the predetermined setting item, a value is to be selectable from candidate values of the predetermined setting item in a sub screen of the first item, and wherein, in the second display mode, a setting item is selectable from the plurality of items on the setting screen and a value is selectable from the candidate values of the predetermined setting item on the setting screen, and on the setting screen, in response to item selection of the plurality of items, a sub screen of the setting screen displaying candidates of setting values of the selected item is displayed, and a value is to be selectable from candidate values of the selected item in the sub screen. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to implement a method for a control apparatus, the method comprising: switching a display mode of a setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, the setting screen being arranged to display a plurality of setting items, including a predetermined setting item; and performing control, in the first display mode, to display on the setting screen a first item which is related to the predetermined setting item and a plurality of items related to a plurality of setting items different from the predetermined setting item, and not to display candidate values of the predetermined setting item, and in the second display mode, to display on the setting screen candidate values the predetermined setting item together with a plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items, wherein, on the setting screen in the first display mode, a setting item is selectable from the first item and the plurality of items level, and a sub screen of the setting screen displaying candidates of setting values of the selected item is displayed in response to selection of the setting item, in a case that the first item is selected, display the candidate values which may be set as a value of the predetermined setting item, a value is to be selectable from candidate values of the predetermined setting item in a sub screen of the first item, and wherein, in the second display mode, a setting item is selectable from the plurality of items on the setting screen and a value is selectable from the candidate values of the predetermined setting item on the setting screen, and on the setting screen, in response to item selection of the plurality of items, a sub screen of the setting screen displaying candidates of setting values of the selected item is displayed, and a value is to be selectable from candidate values of the selected item in the sub screen.