# US 12,192,417 B2 · Control apparatus, method of controlling control apparatus, 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 12,192,417 B2 - Document ID: US12192417B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/490,479 - Filed: 2023-10-19 - Published: 2024-05-02 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2022-10-26 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hayato Shirai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192417B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00427: {using a menu list (H04N1/00421, H04N1/00424, H04N1/00429 take precedence)} - H04N 1/00474: {outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A control apparatus includes: a display control unit that can display on a display unit a display screen in the form of tabs including multiple tabs and multiple menu screens corresponding to the multiple tabs, respectively, and that displays on the display unit a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with that the predetermined tab is selected on the display screen, in which after the display control unit is activated in accordance with a power-on operation on the control apparatus, the display control unit displays on the display unit a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a target tab displayed last before the control apparatus is powered off. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control apparatus, comprising: a display control unit that can display on a display unit a display screen in a form of tabs including a plurality of tabs and a plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs, respectively, and that displays on the display unit a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with that the predetermined tab is selected on the display screen, wherein after the display control unit is activated in accordance with a power-on operation on the control apparatus, the display control unit displays on the display unit a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a target tab displayed last before the control apparatus is powered off. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a saving unit that saves information indicating the target tab out of the plurality of tabs into a non-volatile memory, wherein the display control unit displays on the display unit the display screen including the menu screen corresponding to the target tab based on the information indicating the target tab. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The control apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a locking control unit that sets a menu screen corresponding to at least one tab out of the plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs to a locked state in which the menu screen is not displayed; and a setting unit that sets for each menu screen corresponding to the tab whether to make lock setting to set the menu screen corresponding to the tab to the locked state effective, wherein, in a case where the lock setting in the target tab is effective, after the display control unit is activated in accordance with the power-on operation on the control apparatus, the display control unit displays on the display unit a screen of the locked state corresponding to the target tab set to the locked state by the locking control unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein in a case where the lock setting in the menu screen corresponding to the target tab saved in the non-volatile memory is ineffective, after the display control unit is activated in accordance with the power-on operation on the control apparatus, the display control unit displays on the display unit the menu screen of the target tab. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein in a case where the lock setting of the displayed tab is effective, based on that a condition that a backlight of the display unit is turned off is satisfied, the locking control unit sets the displayed tab to the locked state, and based on that the backlight of the display unit is turned on, the display control unit displays a screen of the locked state corresponding to the tab set to the locked state. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the menu screen corresponding to the target tab in the locked state is displayed by the display control unit in a case where authentication information is inputted to the screen of the locked state corresponding to the target tab, and the authentication information matches authentication information set in advance to the menu screen of the target tab. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein based on that the backlight of the display unit is put in an off state, the locking control unit sets all the menu screens of tabs in which the locked setting is effective that are displayed on the display screen to the locked state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the backlight of the display unit is turned on in a case where the display screen is displayed and is turned off in a case where a predetermined period of time passes after no operation by a user on the display unit is detected. ### Claim 9 A method of controlling a control apparatus, comprising: while it is possible to display on a display unit a display screen in a form of tabs including a plurality of tabs and a plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs, respectively, displaying on the display unit a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with that the predetermined tab is selected on the display screen, wherein after activation in accordance with a power-on operation on the control apparatus, a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a target tab displayed last before the control apparatus is powered off is displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program which functions in a control apparatus and causes the control apparatus to function as: a display control unit that can display on a display unit a display screen in a form of tabs including a plurality of tabs and a plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs, respectively, and that displays on the display unit a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with that the predetermined tab is selected on the display screen, wherein after the display control unit is activated in accordance with a power-on operation on the control apparatus, the display control unit displays on the display unit a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a target tab displayed last before the control apparatus is powered off.