Display control method for an image pickup apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Yoshimi
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Abstract
A controller performs control to display a predetermined item at a display position in a first layout and display the predetermined item in a first display form, in a case where a positional relationship of a display unit with respect to a main body of an image pickup apparatus is a first positional relationship, and performs control to display the predetermined item at a display position in a second layout different from the first layout and display the predetermined item in a second display form in which the image displayed together with the predetermined item is more easily viewed than in the first display form, in a case where the positional relationship of the display unit with respect to the main body of the image pickup apparatus is a second positional relationship.
Claims12
An image pickup apparatus comprising:
- a display unit that can change a position with respect to a main body of the image pickup apparatus and that include a display screen that can detect a touch operation performed thereon;
- and
- a controller that performs control to display a predetermined item on the display screen, the displayed predetermined item being superimposed on a captured image and able to receive the touch operation;
- and
- a detector that detects a face in the captured image displayed together with the predetermined item,
- wherein
- in a case where the display unit is positioned to have a first positional relationship relative to the main body of the image pickup apparatus, the controller performs control to place the predetermined item superimposed on the captured image at a display position in a first layout and display the predetermined item in a first display form without causing the detector to execute face detection, and
- in a case where the display unit is positioned to have a second positional relationship relative to the main body of the image pickup apparatus, the controller causes the detector to execute face detection and, in a case where no face is detected by the detector, performs control to place the predetermined item at a display position in a second layout different from the first layout and display the predetermined item in a second display form in which a transparency level of the predetermined item is higher than in the first display form, and in a case where the face is detected by the detector, performs control to place the predetermined item at the display position in the second layout and display the predetermined item in a third display form in which the capture image is more easily viewed than in the second display form.
A control method for an image pickup apparatus including a display unit that can change a position with respect to a main body of the image pickup apparatus and that includes a display screen that can detect, a touch operation performed thereon, the control method comprising:
- displaying, on the display screen, a predetermined item, the displayed predetermined item being superimposed on a captured image and able to receive the touch operation, and
- detecting a face in the captured image displayed together with the predetermined item,
- wherein the displaying includes,
- in case where the display unit is positioned to have a first positional relationship relative to the main body of the image pickup apparatus, placing the predetermined item superimposed on the captured image at a display position in a first layout, and display the predetermined item in a first display form without causing the detector to execute face detection, and
- in a case where the display unit is positioned to have a second positional relationship relative to the main body of the image pickup apparatus, the controller causes the detector to execute face detection and, in a case where no face is detected by the detector, placing the predetermined item at a display position in a second layout different from the first layout, and display the predetermined item in a second display form in which with a transparency level of the predetermined item is higher than in the first display form and in a case where the face is detected by the detector, performs control to place the predetermined item at the display position in the second layout and display the predetermined item in a third display form in which the capture image is more easily viewed than in the second display form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.