Display control apparatus and display control method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSho Ichikawa
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Abstract
A display control apparatus comprises a proximity detection unit which detects that an object has come close to the apparatus, a touch detection unit which detects that an object has come close to a display unit, and a control unit which, when the proximity detection unit detects approach of the object and the touch detection unit detects the approach of the object in a region of not smaller than a predetermined range on the display unit, controls not to perform a display, to reduce a luminance of the display unit, or to turn off the display unit, and when the proximity detection unit detects the approach of the object and the touch detection unit does not detect the approach of the object in the region of not smaller than the predetermined range on the display unit, controls to carry on the display.
Claims12
A display control apparatus comprising:
- a display unit;
- a proximity detection unit configured to detect that an object has come close to the apparatus;
- a touch detection unit configured to be able to detect that an object has come close to said display unit and to detect a touch operation on said display unit;
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- a control unit configured to, when said proximity detection unit detects approach of the object and said touch detection unit detects the approach of the object in a region of not smaller than a predetermined range on said display unit, control not to perform a display on said display unit, to reduce a luminance of said display unit, or to turn off said display unit, and when said proximity detection unit detects the approach of the object and said touch detection unit does not detect the approach of the object in the region of not smaller than the predetermined range on said display unit, control to carry on the display on said display unit and to accept a touch operation on said display unit.
A display control method of an apparatus which has a display unit;
- a proximity detection unit configured to detect that an object has come close to the apparatus;
- and a touch detection unit configured to be able to detect that an object has come close to said display unit and to detect a touch operation on said display unit, the method comprising:
- a control step of, when the proximity detection unit detects approach of the object and the touch detection unit detects the approach of the object in a region of not smaller than a predetermined range on the display unit, controlling not to perform a display on the display unit, to reduce a luminance of the display unit, or to turn off the display unit, and when the proximity detection unit detects the approach of the object and the touch detection unit does not detect the approach of the object in the region of not smaller than the predetermined range on the display unit, controlling to carry on the display on the display unit and accepting a touch operation on said display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.