Electronic apparatus capable of moving execution position of specific function related to shooting, control method therefor, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11743575-B2
Application number	US-202117189601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2021
Priority date	Mar 5, 2020
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is capable to set a specific parameter related to exposure, and performs control so that display is performed in a first display mode that displays a live-view image with brightness based on the specific parameter. The electronic apparatus accepts an instruction for moving an execution position of a specific function related to shooting and, in a case where the instruction is received while display is performed in the first display mode, performs control to display a live-view image in a second display mode that displays the live-view image with brightness that is not relevant to the specific parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
an image capturing unit;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing programs which, when the programs are executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic apparatus to function as:
a setting unit configured to set a specific parameter related to exposure;
a detecting unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display; and
a control unit configured to perform control so that an execution position on a live-view image of a specific function related to shooting is changed based on a touch position of the touch operation detected by the detecting unit and display is performed to display a live-view image captured by the image capturing unit with brightness that is relevant to the specific parameter set by the setting unit on a basis of the changed execution position,
wherein the control unit performs control:
while detecting a touch operation by the detecting unit, based on a movement of a touch position of the touch operation, to change the execution position to a position that follows the changed touch position and not to change brightness of a live-view image based on the changed execution position; and,
in response to detecting that the touch operation is ended, display a live-view image with brightness that is relevant to the specific parameter set by the setting unit changed based on the execution position changed by the touch operation.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the specific parameter is related to at least one of exposure compensation, a diaphragm, a shutter speed, and an ISO film speed.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the execution position of the specific function related to shooting is at least one of a focus adjustment position, an execution position of automatic exposure, a setting position related to diorama effects, and an import position of manual white balance.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein while detecting a touch operation by the detecting unit, the control unit performs control to display the live-view image with brightness corresponding to a photometry result.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the brightness corresponding to the photometry result is brightness based on a result of photometry performed using a set photometry method and not relevant to the specific parameter set by the setting unit.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where exposure compensation is set to underexposure based on the specific parameter set by the setting unit, the control unit performs control, while detecting a touch operation by the detecting unit, to display a live-view image brighter than a live-view image displayed after detecting that the touch operation is ended.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where exposure compensation is set to overexposure based on the specific parameter set by the setting unit, the control unit performs control, while detecting a touch operation by the detecting unit, to display a live-view image that is darker than a live-view image displayed after detecting that the touch operation is ended.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit performs control to display the specific parameter together with the live-view image in a first manner while the live-view image is displayed and detecting a touch operation by the detecting unit, and performs control to display the specific parameter in a display format different from display in the first manner while the live-view image is displayed after detecting that the touch operation is ended.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 ,
wherein the display format different from the first manner includes one of a format in which the specific parameter is displayed using a color different from display in the first manner, a format in which the specific parameter displayed in the first manner is grayed out, and a format in which the specific parameter is not displayed.

10. A control method of an electronic apparatus, the control method comprising:
setting a specific parameter related to exposure;
detecting a touch operation on a display; and
performing control so that an execution position on a live-view image of a specific function related to shooting is changed based on a touch position of the touch operation detected by the detecting unit and display is performed to display a live-view image captured by the electronic apparatus with brightness that is relevant to the specific parameter set in the setting on a basis of the changed execution position,
wherein the performing control includes:
while detecting a touch operation in the detecting, based on a movement of a touch position of the touch operation, changing the execution position to a position that follows the changed touch position and not changing brightness of a live-view image based on the changed execution position; and,
in response to detecting that the touch operation is ended, displaying a live-view image with brightness that is relevant to the specific parameter set by the setting unit changed based on the execution position changed by the touch operation.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for performing a control method of an electronic apparatus, the control method comprising:
setting a specific parameter related to exposure;
detecting a touch operation on a display; and
performing control so that an execution position on a live-view image of a specific function related to shooting is changed based on a touch position of the touch operation detected by the detecting unit and display is performed to display a live-view image captured by the electronic apparatus with brightness that is relevant to the specific parameter set in the setting on a basis of the changed execution position,
wherein the performing control includes:
while detecting a touch operation in the detecting, based on a movement of a touch position of the touch operation, changing the execution position to a position that follows the changed touch position and not changing brightness of a live-view image based on the changed execution position; and,
in response to detecting that the touch operation is ended, displaying a live-view image with brightness that is relevant to the specific parameter set by the setting unit changed based on the execution position changed by the touch operation.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Maeda Ryo

Classifications

• H04N23/632 Primary

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/675 Primary

  comprising setting of focusing regions · CPC title

• H04N23/611

  where the recognised objects include parts of the human body · CPC title

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title