Display control device and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016191800-A1
Application number	US-201514978899-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	Dec 25, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display control device includes a detection unit that detects a touching operation on a display portion, a control unit that performs control about an item displayed in the display portion in response to a touching operation on the item, a selection unit that selects, based on an operation, one or more items from among a plurality of items to be displayed, and a display control unit that performs control such that from among items to be displayed in a first display area and a second display area, the items selected by the selection unit are displayed in the first display area and a plurality of predetermined items are displayed in the second display area. The first display area extends along a side nearest a grip portion for holding the device, and the second display area is further from the grip portion than the first display area.

First claim

1 . A display control device comprising:
a detection unit configured to detect a touching operation on a display portion; a control unit configured to perform control about an item displayed in the display portion in response to a touching operation on the item; a selection unit configured to select, based on an operation, one or more items from among a plurality of items to be displayed; and a display control unit configured to perform control such that from among items to be displayed in a first display area and a second display area, the items selected by the selection unit are displayed in the first display area and a plurality of predetermined items are displayed in the second display area, wherein the first display area extends along a side nearest a grip portion for holding the device from among sides of the display portion, and the second display area is further from the grip portion than the first display area.

2 . The display control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a shooting control unit configured to perform control to enable shooting in an image pickup unit, wherein all of the plurality of items are items whose settings are permitted to be changed during the shooting, and the display control unit performs control such that items whose settings are not permitted to be changed during the shooting are displayed in the second display area.

3 . The display control device according to claim 2 , wherein a shooting instruction portion being an operation member configured to provide an instruction to start the shooting is positioned to be operable with a finger of a hand on the grip portion, and the first display area is positioned to receive a touching operation with another finger of the hand.

4 . The display control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a movie-mode switching unit configured to be able to switch a currently used mode to at least a first mode or a second mode from among modes included in a movie mode,
wherein the display control unit performs control such that when the currently used mode is switched from the first mode to the second mode, a plurality of items displayed in the first display area in the first mode are displayed in the first display area in the second mode and such that from among a plurality of items displayed in the second display area in the first mode, at least one item is hidden in the second display area in the second mode and any of the items displayed in the second mode is displayed in a position of the item hidden by switching to the second mode.

5 . The display control device according to claim 3 , wherein the display control unit performs control such that in response to starting of movie shooting, a display manner used in at least one of the items displayed in the second display area is changed.

6 . The display control device according to claim 3 , further comprising a mode setting unit configured to set the currently used mode at any of a plurality of modes including a still-image mode for shooting still images or a movie mode for shooting movies,
wherein the selection unit separately selects an item displayed in the first display area in the still-image mode and selects an item displayed in the first display area in the movie mode.

7 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control such that items selected by the selection unit in a first group of items are displayed in the first display area and such that a second group of predetermined items are displayed in the second display area.

8 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the items displayed in the first display area and the items displayed in the second display area are in a same layer.

9 . The display control device according to claim 8 , wherein in the selection by the selection unit, a group of items selectable to be displayed in the first display area in the still-image mode and a group of items selectable to be displayed in the first display area in the movie mode are different.

10 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the selection unit selects the items such that an item selected from among the plurality of items is displayed in a position indicated by a user in the first display area.

11 . The display control device according to claim 10 , wherein the selection unit selects the items such that a same item is displayed in different positions in the first display area.

12 . The display control device according claim 1 , wherein the first display area is in an area including an end in the display portion, and the second display area is in an area including an end different from the end included in the first display area.

13 . The display control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a settings changing unit configured to change contents of settings of the items displayed in the first display area and the items displayed in the second display area,
wherein the display control unit performs control such that a settable option for a currently selected item from among the items displayed in the first display area and the items displayed in the second display area is displayed in a third display area in the display portion, and the settings changing unit changes the contents of the settings of the item in response to a selecting operation on the third display area.

14 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one item from among the items displayed in the first display area and the items displayed in the second display area is displayed as a display item indicating contents of the settings specified in the item.

15 . The display control device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image pickup unit,
wherein the display control unit performs control such that an image picked up by the image pickup unit is displayed in the display portion and such that the first display area and the second display area are arranged on opposite sides of a central portion of the image.

16 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display area is positioned to receive a touching operation with a finger of a hand on the grip portion.

17 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display area receives the touching operation by a hand holding the grip portion, and the second display area is an area extending along a side opposite to the side along which the first display area extends in the display portion.

18 . The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the display portion, when the device is aimed by holding the grip portion with a hand and holding a holding portion different from the grip portion with another hand, the first display area includes an area reachable by a finger of the hand holding the grip portion and the second display area includes an area unreachable by a finger of the hand holding the holding portion.

19 . A display control device comprising:
a detection unit configured to detect a touching operation on a display portion; a control unit configured to perform control about an item displayed in the display portion in response to a touching operation on the item; a movie-mode switching unit configured to switch a currently used mode to at least a first mode or a second mode from among modes included in a movie mode; and a display control unit configured to perform control such that when the currently used mode is switched from the first mode to the second mode, a plurali

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yoshikawa Akio

Classifications

• H04N23/631 Primary

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

• H04N23/633

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

• H04N23/632 Primary

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

• H04N23/667 Primary

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

• H04N5/23245 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic