Electronic apparatus capable of communicating with content processing system, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11943531-B2
Application number	US-202117556379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Dec 28, 2020
Publication date	Mar 26, 2024
Grant date	Mar 26, 2024

Abstract

An electronic apparatus configured to communicate with a content processing system, the electronic apparatus includes a communication controller configured to control transmission of a processing instruction for content to the content processing system and control acquisition of a remaining content amount available for the processing from the content processing system via a communication unit, and a display controller configured to control display of a numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount in a specific display area, and in a case where a predetermined condition about communication is satisfied, control performing of a specific display related to the specific display area based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition, the specific display being different from the numerical value indicating the remaining content amount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus configured to communicate with a content processing system, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a communication controller configured to control transmission of a processing instruction for content to the content processing system and control acquisition of a remaining content amount available for the processing from the content processing system via a communication unit; and
a display controller configured to control display of a numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount in a specific display area, and in a case where a predetermined condition about communication is satisfied, control performing of a specific display in the specific display area based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition, wherein the specific display is different from the numerical value indicating the remaining content amount, wherein the specific display area is for display of the numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount, and
wherein the communication controller and the display controller are implemented by one or more processors.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to control, in a case where information about whether processing in response to the processing instruction is performed is not received after the transmission of the processing instruction to the content processing system, the performing of the specific display.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display controller is configured to control, in a case where information about the remaining content amount is acquired from the content processing system via the communication unit after the performing of the specific display, the display of the numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount on the specific display area without performing the specific display.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the predetermined condition indicating a lack of stable communication between the communication unit and the content processing system is satisfied, the display controller is configured to control performing of the specific display in the specific display area.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the predetermined condition about communication is satisfied, the display controller is configured to control performing of a specific display in the specific display area based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition, and
wherein the predetermined condition includes at least either one of the following states:
that there is no response to the processing instruction transmitted via the communication unit for a predetermined period; and
that a response to the processing instruction transmitted via the communication unit is not a normal response.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the predetermined condition about communication is satisfied, the display controller is configured to control performing of a specific display in the specific display area based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition, and
wherein the predetermined condition is at least one of the following states:
that a cable is detected to come off in a situation where a communication apparatus configured to communicate with the content processing system and the electronic apparatus are connected by the cable and the content processing system and the electronic apparatus are communicating with each other via the cable;
that a reception field intensity of the communication unit has dropped;
that no response to a communication confirmation signal transmitted from the communication unit to a relay apparatus interposed in communication with the content processing system is obtained for a predetermined period;
that a notification of unavailability of the communication with the content processing system is received from the relay apparatus;
that a notification that the content processing system is busy is received;
that a disconnection notification is received from the content processing system; and
that the communication unit is out of order.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific display is display of a specific symbol in the specific display area, the symbol being different from a numerical value.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the display controller is configured to control the display of the specific symbol as the specific display without displaying a numerical value indicating the remaining content amount in the specific display area.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific display is at least either one of the following forms:
a display different from the numerical value displayed in the specific display area in a case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied in at least one of color, pattern, thickness, font type, and a blinking state; and
display of a specific display item different from the numerical value related to the specific display area.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is further configured to control, in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied, display of a guidance for prompting a user to check an execution status of processing performed by the content processing system.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein processing by the content processing system in response to the processing instruction is used in an account of a user subscribed to a content processing service provided by the content processing system or an account of a user paid for use of the content processing service, and
wherein the remaining content amount available for the processing is defined account by account.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the content processing system is configured to communicate with a plurality of apparatuses, and
wherein the remaining content amount available for the processing also decreases in a case where the content processing system processes content in response to a processing instruction issued from an apparatus other than the electronic apparatus.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising:
an image sensor,
wherein the content is an image captured by the image sensor.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the content is an image, and
wherein the processing instruction is an image processing instruction including a plurality of image processing parameters.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 14 ,
wherein the content is a raw image, and
wherein the processing instruction is an instruction for development processing of the raw image.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the content processing system includes a server on a network, the server being configured to store the content.

17. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus configured to communicate with a content processing system, the method comprising:
controlling transmission of a processing instruction for content to the content processing system and controlling acquisition of a remaining content amount available for the processing from the content processing system via a communication unit; and
controlling display of a numerical value indicating the acquired remaining content amount in a specific display area, and in a case where a predetermined condition about communica

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Imai Ryo
• Masuda Satoshi
• Takahashi Ryo

Classifications

• H04N23/80

  Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/64 Primary

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title

• H04N23/631

  Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/50 Primary

  Constructional details · CPC title