Electronic apparatus, method for controlling the electronic apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSho Ichikawa
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Abstract
An eye direction reception unit receives an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process, an operation reception unit receives a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member, the operation reception unit receives a moving operation for moving the selected position and a predetermined operation different from the moving operation on the specific operation member, and a control unit performs control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the predetermined operation is being made, and the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit in a case where the predetermined operation is not being made.
Claims29
An electronic apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which functions as:
- an eye direction reception unit configured to receive an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- an operation reception unit configured to receive a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member, the operation reception unit being configured to receive a moving operation for moving the selected position and a predetermined operation different from the moving operation on the specific operation member;
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- a control unit configured to perform control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the predetermined operation is being made, and the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the predetermined operation is not being made.
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- receiving an eye direction input as eye direction reception, the eye direction input being an input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- receiving a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member as an operation reception, the operation reception including receiving a moving operation for moving a selected position and a predetermined operation different from the moving operation on the specific operation member;
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- performing control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the predetermined operation is being made, and the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction in a case where the predetermined operation is not being made.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a control method of an electronic apparatus, the control method comprising:
- receiving an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- receiving a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member, the operation reception unit being configured to receive a moving operation for moving the selected position and a predetermined operation different from the moving operation on the specific operation member;
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- performing control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the predetermined operation is being made, and the selection position is moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the predetermined operation is not being made.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a specific operation member configured to receive an operation;
- and
- at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
- an eye direction reception unit configured to receive an eye direction input that is an input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
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- a control unit configured to perform control such that, in a case where the specific operation member is being pressed, the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input, and that, in a case where the specific operation member is not being pressed, the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit.
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including a specific operation member configured to receive an operation, the method comprising:
- receiving an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
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- performing control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is being pressed, and the selected position is moved based on the received eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is not being pressed.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a control method of an electronic apparatus, the control method comprising:
- receiving an operation;
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- receiving an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
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- performing control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is being pressed, and the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit in a case where the specific operation member is not being pressed.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a first operation member configured to instruct an image sensor to capture an image;
- a specific operation member different from the first operation member;
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- at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
- an eye direction reception unit configured to receive an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is not being operated, and that the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit in a case where the specific operation member is being operated.
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including a first operation member configured to instruct an image sensor to capture an image and a specific operation member different from the first operation member, the method comprising:
- receiving an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
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- performing control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is not being operated, and the selected position is moved based on the received eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is being operated.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the units of the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a first operation member configured to instruct an image sensor to capture an image;
- a specific operation member different from the first operation member;
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- at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
- an eye direction reception unit configured to receive an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is not being operated, and that the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit in a case where the specific operation member is being operated.
An electronic apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
- an eye direction reception unit configured to receive an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- an operation reception unit configured to receive a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member;
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- a control unit configured to perform control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is not being touched, and that the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit even without a touch operation for moving the selected position in a case where the specific operation member is being touched.
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- receiving, as eye direction reception, an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- receiving, as operation reception, a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member;
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- performing control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is not being touched, and the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception even without a touch operation for moving the selected position in a case where the specific operation member is being touched.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a control method of an electronic apparatus, the control method comprising:
- receiving an eye direction input of a selected position based on an eye tracking process;
- receiving a touch operation on a region of a specific operation member;
- and
- performing control such that the selected position is not moved based on the eye direction input in a case where the specific operation member is not being touched, and the selected position is moved based on the eye direction input received by the eye direction reception unit even without a touch operation for moving the selected position in a case where the specific operation member is being touched.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.