Imaging apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10447934-B2
Application number	US-201815890819-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2018
Priority date	Feb 14, 2017
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

An imaging apparatus capable of adjusting an orientation guide with good accuracy includes an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus, a control unit configured to perform control to display an orientation guide for indicating an orientation of the imaging apparatus based on the orientation detected by the orientation detection unit, a display control unit configured to perform control to perform 2-area enlargement display for displaying live view images captured in two different areas horizontally or vertically separated from each other by an imaging unit, side by side on a display unit, and an adjustment unit configured to, upon reception of a specific operation while the 2-area enlargement display is being performed, adjust a reference of the orientation guide based on the orientation detected by the orientation detection unit when the specific operation is received.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an orientation detector configured to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus; and
at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
a control unit configured to perform control to display an orientation guide for indicating an orientation of the imaging apparatus based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector;
a display control unit configured to perform control to perform 2-area enlargement display for displaying live view images captured in two different areas horizontally or vertically separated from each other by an imaging unit, side by side on a display unit; and
an adjustment unit configured, to, upon reception of a specific operation while the 2-area enlargement display is being performed, adjust a reference of the orientation guide based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector when the specific operation is received,
wherein the orientation guide is a display for indicating a difference between the orientation detected by the orientation detector and a pre-recorded reference orientation, and
wherein the adjustment unit updates and records the reference orientation based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector when the specific operation is received.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit is capable of performing the 2-area enlargement display as an adjustment screen for the orientation guide displayed through selection of a menu item for the orientation guide adjustment out of a plurality of menu items in a menu screen for performing various settings related to the imaging apparatus.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display control unit is also capable of performing the 2-area enlargement display not through the selection of the menu item for the orientation guide adjustment from an imaging standby screen displaying live view images.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display control unit performs control,
when performing the 2-area enlargement display as the adjustment screen for the orientation guide, to display a display item related to the orientation guide adjustment in the 2-area enlargement display, and
when performing the 2-area enlargement display not through the selection of the menu item for the orientation guide adjustment, not to display the display item in the 2-area enlargement display.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, while the 2-area enlargement display is being performed not through the selection of the menu item for the orientation guide adjustment, adjustment by the adjustment unit is not performable.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control to display a guidance related to the specific operation when starting the 2-area enlargement display.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the display control unit performs control to hide the guidance related to the specific operation when a predetermined time period has elapsed since the start of the display.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where a difference between the orientation detected by the orientation detector and an orientation stored as a reference orientation of the orientation guide is equal to or greater than a threshold value when a predetermined operation is performed while the 2-area enlargement display is being performed, the display control unit performs control to perform display for adjusting a reference of the orientation guide.

9. The imaging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined operation is an operation for instructing to perform at least one of auto focus and auto exposure.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined operation is an operation on a shutter button.

11. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the orientation guide is a level display for indicating whether the imaging apparatus is horizontally held.

12. A method for controlling an imaging apparatus having an orientation detector for detecting an orientation of the imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
performing control to display an orientation guide for indicating an orientation of the imaging apparatus based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector;
performing display control to perform 2-area enlargement display for displaying live view images captured in two different areas horizontally or vertically separated from each other by an imaging unit, side by side on a display unit; and
adjusting, upon reception of a specific operation while the 2-area enlargement display is being performed, a reference of the orientation guide based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector when the specific operation is received,
wherein the orientation guide is a display for indicating a difference between the orientation detected by the orientation detector and a pre-recorded reference orientation, and
wherein the adjusting updates and records the reference orientation based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector when the specific operation is received.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an imaging apparatus having an orientation detector for detecting an orientation of the imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
performing control to display an orientation guide for indicating an orientation of the imaging apparatus based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector;
performing display control to perform 2-area enlargement display for displaying live view images captured in two different areas horizontally or vertically separated from each other by an imaging unit, side by side on a display unit; and
adjusting, upon reception of a specific operation while the 2-area enlargement display is being performed, a reference of the orientation guide based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector when the specific operation is received,
wherein the orientation guide is a display for indicating a difference between the orientation detected by the orientation detector and a pre-recorded reference orientation, and
wherein the adjusting updates and records the reference orientation based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector when the specific operation is received.

14. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an orientation detector configured to detect an orientation of the imaging apparatus; and
at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
a control unit configured to perform control to display an orientation guide for indicating an orientation of the imaging apparatus based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector;
a display control unit configured to perform control to perform 2-area enlargement display for displaying live view images captured in two different areas horizontally or vertically separated from each other by an imaging unit, side by side on a display unit; and
an adjustment unit configured to, upon reception of a specific operation while the 2-area enlargement display is being performed, adjust a reference of the orientation guide based on the orientation detected by the orientation detector when the specific operation is received,
wherein the display control unit is capable of performing the 2-area enlargement display as an adjustment screen for the orientation guide displayed through selection of a menu item for the orientation guide adjust

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Takagi Yosuke

Classifications

• H04N23/62

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• H04N23/63 Primary

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• H04N23/64

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• H04N23/69

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