Output apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyosuke Shoda
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Abstract
An output apparatus controls a display function of displaying a captured image on the display, and an output function of outputting the captured image to the external apparatus. The output apparatus performs control to restrict the display function and stop image capturing when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where the display function is in execution and the output function is not in execution, and restrict the display function and continue image capturing when the unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where both the display function and the output function are in execution.
Claims23
An output apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- an image capturing unit;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a display function of displaying an image captured by the image capturing unit on the display, and an output function of outputting the image to the external apparatus,
- wherein the control unit performs control to
- restrict the display function and stop image capturing by the image capturing unit when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where the display function is in execution and the output function is not in execution, and
- restrict the display function and continue image capturing by the image capturing unit when the unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where both the display function and the output function are in execution.
An output apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- an image capturing unit;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a display function of displaying an image captured by the image capturing unit on the display, and an output function of outputting the image captured by the image capturing unit to the external apparatus,
- wherein the control unit performs control to
- restrict the output of the image to the external apparatus when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where the output function is in execution and the display function is not in execution, and
- restrict the display function and continue the output of the image to the external apparatus when the unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where both the output function and the display function are in execution.
An output apparatus comprising:
- an output unit configured to output an image to an external apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform control to, when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period,
- stop the output of the image to the external apparatus when the output unit is outputting the image and information to be displayed superimposed on the image, and
- continue the output of the image to the external apparatus when the output unit is outputting the image but is not outputting the information to be displayed superimposed on the image.
A method of controlling an output apparatus having a display, an image capturing unit, and a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling a display function of displaying an image captured by the image capturing unit on the display, and an output function of outputting the image to the external apparatus,
- wherein the controlling performs control to
- restrict the display function and stop image capturing by the image capturing unit when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where the display function is in execution and the output function is not in execution, and
- restrict the display function and continue image capturing by the image capturing unit when the unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where both the display function and the output function are in execution.
A method of controlling an output apparatus having a display, an image capturing unit, and a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling a display function of displaying an image captured by the image capturing unit on the display, and an output function of outputting the image captured by the image capturing unit to the external apparatus,
- wherein the controlling performs control to
- restrict the output of the image to the external apparatus when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where the output function is in execution and the display function is not in execution, and
- restrict the display function and continue the output of the image to the external apparatus when the unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where both the output function and the display function are in execution.
A method of controlling an output apparatus having an output unit configured to output an image to an external apparatus, the method comprising:
- performing control to, when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period,
- stop the output of the image to the external apparatus when the output unit is outputting the image and information to be displayed superimposed on the image, and
- continue the output of the image to the external apparatus when the output unit is outputting the image but is not outputting the information to be displayed superimposed on the image.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an output apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- an image capturing unit;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a display function of displaying an image captured by the image capturing unit on the display, and an output function of outputting the image to the external apparatus,
- wherein the control unit performs control to
- restrict the display function and stop image capturing by the image capturing unit when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where the display function is in execution and the output function is not in execution, and
- restrict the display function and continue image capturing by the image capturing unit when the unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where both the display function and the output function are in execution.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an output apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- an image capturing unit;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a display function of displaying an image captured by the image capturing unit on the display, and an output function of outputting the image captured by the image capturing unit to the external apparatus,
- wherein the control unit performs control to
- restrict the output of the image to the external apparatus when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where the output function is in execution and the display function is not in execution, and
- restrict the display function and continue the output of the image to the external apparatus when the unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period in a state where both the output function and the display function are in execution.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as an output apparatus comprising:
- an output unit configured to output an image to an external apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform control to, when an unoperated state in which no user operation is performed on the output apparatus has continued for a predetermined time period,
- stop the output of the image to the external apparatus when the output unit is outputting the image and information to be displayed superimposed on the image, and
- continue the output of the image to the external apparatus when the output unit is outputting the image but is not outputting the information to be displayed superimposed on the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.