Display control apparatus and control method for the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoichi Nakagawa
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Abstract
A user is notified with a tactile sensation in the case where a display position of a boundary preset in a display object passes through a predetermined position as a result of scrolling of the display object according to a command. The user is thereby more easily able to locate a desired item from among items that are scrolled.
Claims20
A display control apparatus capable of scrolling a display object according to an input command, comprising:
- a generation unit configured to generate stimulation perceivable as a tactile sensation by a user who operates the display control apparatus;
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- a control unit configured to control the generation unit so as to generate the stimulation in a case where a position of a boundary of a scrolled object passes through a predetermined position as a result of scrolling according to the command.
A display control apparatus capable of scrolling a display object containing a plurality of items according to an input command, comprising:
- a generation unit configured to generate stimulation perceivable as a tactile sensation by a user who operates the display control apparatus;
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- a control unit configured to perform control so as to cause stimulation that differs according to a category to which an item displayed in a predetermined position, among the plurality of items, belongs to be generated by the generation unit.
A method of controlling a display control apparatus that is capable of scrolling a display object according to an input command and that has a generation unit configured to generate stimulation perceivable as a tactile sensation by a user who operates the display control apparatus, comprising:
- a control step of performing control so as to cause the stimulation to be generated by the generation unit, in a case where a position of a preset boundary of the scroll target passes through a predetermined position as a result of scrolling according to the command.
A method of controlling a display control apparatus that is capable of scrolling a display object containing a plurality of items according to an input command and that has a generation unit configured to generate stimulation perceivable as a tactile sensation by a user who operates the display control apparatus, comprising:
- a control step of performing control so as to cause stimulation that differs according to a category to which an item displayed in a predetermined position, among the plurality of items, belongs to be generated by the generation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.