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US 10,873,696 B2Granted
Image capture apparatus and control method for the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro Funatsu
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Abstract
An image capture apparatus controls the image capture apparatus, in a case where a subject image can be viewed via a viewfinder, so that a moving distance of a predetermined item, which indicates a designated area on a display unit within the viewfinder that can be viewed via the viewfinder, moves for a first moving distance of a touch position on a touch panel is larger when the designated area has a second size larger than a first size, than when the designated area has the first size. It is possible to increase operability for a user in the case of moving an item, whose size is variable, by moving the touch position.
Claims30
An image capture apparatus comprising at least one processor which, when executing a program stored in a memory, functions as:
- a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation made to a touch panel;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the image capture apparatus, in a case where a subject image can be viewed via a viewfinder different from the touch panel and a predetermined item is displayed on a first display unit that is within the viewfinder and can be viewed via the viewfinder, so as to move the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, based on a movement of the touch position,
- wherein the predetermined item indicates a designated area of the subject image,
- wherein a moving distance of the predetermined item on the first display unit from the position where the predetermined item on the first display unit was displayed before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item on the first display unit is displayed after moving of the touch position, is based on the moving distance of the touch position on the touch panel,
- wherein the control unit controls, in a case where the designated area has a first size, the predetermined item is moved on the first display unit for a first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, and in a case where the designated area has a second size larger than the first size, the predetermined item is moved for a second distance on the first display unit which is larger than the first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, and
- wherein the control unit controls, in a case where a live view image and the predetermined item are displayed on a second display unit outside of the viewfinder and the predetermined item indicates a designated area of the live view image, the predetermined item on the second display unit is moved for the same distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance in either case where the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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An image capture apparatus comprising at least one processor which, when executing a program stored in a memory, functions as:
- a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation made to a touch panel;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the image capture apparatus, in a case of a relative coordinates mode in which a predetermined item, which indicates a designated area, is not displayed at a position on a display unit corresponding to a position at which a touch on the touch panel was started, but is displayed at a position which is moved from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, in accordance with an amount of a movement of the touch, so that a moving distance of the predetermined item from the position where the predetermined item was displayed on the display unit before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed on the display unit after moving of the touch position, is a first distance on the display unit, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, when the designated area has a first size,
- wherein a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position, where the predetermined item was displayed on the display unit before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed on the display unit after moving of the touch position, is a second distance on the display unit which is larger than the first distance, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, when the designated area has a second size larger than the first size, and
- wherein, in a case of an absolute coordinates mode in which the predetermined item is displayed at the position corresponding to the position at which the touch was started, the control unit controls the image capture apparatus so that the moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item on the display unit is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, is the same in either case where the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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An image capture apparatus comprising at least one processor which, when executing a program stored in a memory, functions as:
- a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation made to a touch panel;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the image capture apparatus so that, in a case where, of the touch panel, an area in which a touch operation for moving a predetermined item indicating a designated area can be accepted has a size smaller than a predetermined size, a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to a movement of the touch position on the touch panel for a first distance, is larger when the designated area has a second size larger than a first size than when the designated area has the first size,
- wherein, in a case where the area in which the touch operation for moving the predetermined item can be accepted has a size larger than the predetermined size, the control unit controls the image capture apparatus so that the moving distance of the predetermined item for a first moving distance of the touch position on the touch panel is the same in either case when the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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An image capture apparatus comprising at least one processor which, when executing a program stored in a memory, functions as:
- a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation made to a touch panel;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the image capture apparatus so as to move a predetermined item from a position, where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, to a position, where the predetermined item is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to a movement of the touch position on the touch panel for a first distance wherein the predetermined item is for designating an object area and displayed on a first display unit that is within a viewfinder and can be viewed via the viewfinder different from the touch panel,
- wherein the control unit controls, in a case where the object area has a first size, a moving distance of the predetermined item according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance is a first distance on the first display unit and in case where the object area has a second size larger than the first size, a moving distance of the predetermined item, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, is a second distance larger than the first distance on the first display unit.
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A method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel, by a touch detection unit;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus, in a case where a subject image can be viewed via a viewfinder, so as to move a predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, based on a movement of a touch position,
- wherein the predetermined item indicates a designated area of the subject image and is displayed on a first display unit that is within the viewfinder and can be viewed via the viewfinder,
- wherein a moving distance of the predetermined item on the first display unit from a position where the predetermined item on the first display unit was displayed before moving of a touch position, to a position where the predetermined item on the first display unit is displayed after moving of the touch position, is based on the moving distance of the touch position on the touch panel,
- wherein in the controlling, in a case where the designated area has a first size, the predetermined item is moved on the first display unit for a first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, and in a case where the designated area has a second size larger than the first size, the predetermined item is moved for a second distance on the first display unit which is larger than the first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, and
- wherein in the controlling, in a case where a live view image and the predetermined item are displayed on a second display unit outside of the viewfinder and the predetermined item indicates a designated area of the live view image, the predetermined item on the second display unit is moved for the same distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance in either case where the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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A method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel, by a touch detection unit;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus, in a case of a relative coordinates mode in which a predetermined item, which indicates a designated area, is not displayed at a position on a display unit corresponding to a position at which a touch on the touch panel was started, but is displayed at a position which is moved from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, in accordance with an amount of a movement of the touch, so that a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed on the display unit before moving the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed on the display unit after moving of the touch position, is a first distance on the display unit, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, when the designated area has a first size,
- wherein a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position, where the predetermined item was displayed on the display unit before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed on the display unit after moving of the touch position, is a second distance on the display unit which is larger than the first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, when the designated area has a second size larger than the first size, and
- wherein, in a case of an absolute coordinates mode in which the predetermined item is displayed at the position corresponding to the position at which the touch was started, the controlling controls the image capture apparatus so that the moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item on the display unit is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, is the same in either case where the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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A method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel, by a touch detection unit;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus, in a case where, of the touch panel, an area in which a touch operation for moving a predetermined item can be accepted has a size smaller than a predetermined size, so that a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to a movement of the touch position on the touch panel for a first distance, is larger when a designated area has a second size larger than a first size than when the designated area has the first size, and
- wherein, in a case where the area in which the touch operation for moving the predetermined item can be accepted has a size larger than the predetermined size, the control unit controls the image capture apparatus so that the moving distance of the predetermined item for a first moving distance of the touch position on the touch panel is the same in either case when the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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A method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus so that a moving distance of a predetermined item from a position, where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, to a position, where the predetermined item is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to a movement of the touch position on the touch panel for a first distance, wherein the predetermined item is for designating an object area and displayed on a first display unit that is within a viewfinder that can be viewed via the viewfinder different from the touch panel,
- wherein, in controlling, in a case where the object area has a first size, a moving distance of the predetermined item according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance is the first distance on the first display unit and in a case where the object area has a second size larger than the first size, a moving distance of the predetermined item, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, is a second distance larger than the first distance, on the first display unit.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by one or more processors, the program, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel, by a touch detection unit;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus, in a case where a subject image can be viewed via a viewfinder, so as to move a predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, based on a movement of the touch position,
- wherein the predetermined item indicates a designated area of the subject image and is displayed on a first display unit that is within the viewfinder and can be viewed via the viewfinder,
- wherein a moving distance of the predetermined item on the first display unit from a position where the predetermined item on the first display unit was displayed before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item on the first display unit is displayed after moving of the touch position, is based on the moving distance of the touch position on the touch panel,
- wherein in the controlling, in a case where the designated area has a first size, the predetermined item is moved on the first display unit for a first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, and in a case where the designated area has a second size larger than the first size, the predetermined item is moved for a second distance on the first display unit which is larger than the first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, and
- wherein in the controlling, in a case where a live view image and the predetermined item are displayed on a second display unit outside of the viewfinder and the predetermined item indicates a designated area of the live view image, the predetermined item on the second display unit is moved for the same distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance in either case where the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by one or more processors, the program, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel, by a touch detection unit;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus, in a case of a relative coordinates mode in which a predetermined item, which indicates a designated area, is not displayed at a position on a display unit corresponding to a position at which a touch on the touch panel was started, but is displayed at a position which is moved from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, in accordance with an amount of a movement of the touch, so that a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed on the display unit before moving the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed on the display unit after moving of the touch position, is a first distance on the display unit, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, when the designated area has a first size,
- wherein a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position, where the predetermined item was displayed on the display unit before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed on the display unit after moving of the touch position, is a second distance on the display unit which is larger than the first distance according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, when the designated area has a second size larger than the first size, and
- wherein, in a case of an absolute coordinates mode in which the predetermined item is displayed at the position corresponding to the position at which the touch was started, the controlling controls the image capture apparatus so that the moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of the touch position, to a position where the predetermined item on the display unit is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, is the same in either case where the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by one or more processors, the program, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel, by a touch detection unit;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus, in a case where, of the touch panel, an area in which a touch operation for moving a predetermined item can be accepted has a size smaller than a predetermined size, so that a moving distance of the predetermined item from a position where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, to a position where the predetermined item is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to a movement of the touch position on the touch panel for a first distance, is larger when a designated area has a second size larger than a first size than when the designated area has the first size, and
- wherein, in a case where the area in which the touch operation for moving the predetermined item can be accepted has a size larger than the predetermined size, the control unit controls the image capture apparatus so that the moving distance of the predetermined item for a first moving distance of the touch position on the touch panel is the same in either case when the designated area has the first size or the second size.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by one or more processors, the program, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for controlling an image capture apparatus comprising:
- detecting a touch operation made to a touch panel;
- and
- controlling the image capture apparatus so that a moving distance of a predetermined item from a position, where the predetermined item was displayed before moving of a touch position, to a position, where the predetermined item is displayed after moving of the touch position, according to a movement of the touch position on the touch panel for a first distance, wherein the predetermined item is for designating an object area and displayed on a first display unit that is within a viewfinder that can be viewed via the viewfinder different from the touch panel,
- wherein, in controlling, in a case where the object area has a first size, a moving distance of the predetermined item according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance is the first distance on the first display unit and in a case where the object area has a second size larger than the first size, a moving distance of the predetermined item, according to the movement of the touch position on the touch panel for the first distance, is a second distance larger than the first distance on the first display unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.