Electronic device, control method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022011996-A1
Application number	US-202117369799-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 7, 2021
Priority date	Jul 9, 2020
Publication date	Jan 13, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device includes a first display unit, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device including a second display unit, and a control unit configured to rotate an image to be displayed on the first display unit, in accordance with a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the first display unit, and rotate an image to be output to the external device, in accordance with the rotational angle of the first display unit and a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the second display unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a first display unit; and at least one processor and/or at least one circuit configured to perform the operations of the following units: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device including a second display unit; and a control unit configured to rotate an image to be displayed on the first display unit, in accordance with a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the first display unit, and rotate an image to be output to the external device, in accordance with the rotational angle of the first display unit and a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the second display unit.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit is 90 degrees and the rotational angle of the second display unit is 270 degrees, the control unit rotates a rotational angle of an image to be output to the external device, by 180 degrees from a rotational angle of the image to be displayed on the first display unit.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit is 270 degrees and the rotational angle of the second display unit is 90 degrees, the control unit rotates a rotational angle of an image to be output to the external device, by 180 degrees from a rotational angle of the image to be displayed on the first display unit.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit and the rotational angle of the second display unit are same, the control unit sets a rotational angle of an image to be output to the external device, to a same rotational angle as a rotational angle of the image to be displayed on the first display unit.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational angle of the first display unit is determined in accordance with selection of a user from among a plurality of rotational angles including 90 degrees and 270 degrees.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the first display unit, wherein the control unit acquires the rotational angle of the first display unit in accordance with the orientation detected by the orientation detection unit.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting unit configured to set the rotational angle of the second display unit.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the setting unit can set whether to synchronize the rotational angle of the second display unit with the rotational angle of the first display unit, and wherein, in a case where the setting unit sets to synchronize the rotational angle of the second display unit with the rotational angle of the first display unit, the control unit controls an image in a same orientation as an image to be displayed on the first display unit, to be output to the external device irrespective of an orientation of the electronic device.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit is a predetermined angle, the control unit controls an image to be displayed on the first display unit, to be output to the second display unit without rotation, and wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit is an angle rotated from the predetermined angle by 90 degrees or an angle rotated from the predetermined angle by 270 degrees, the control unit controls an image to be displayed on the first display unit, to be output to the external device in a rotated state, in accordance with the rotational angle of the second display unit that is set by the setting unit.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first selection unit configured to select the rotational angle of the first display unit from among a predetermined angle, a first angle rotated from the predetermined angle by a rotational angle of 90 degrees, and a second angle rotated from the predetermined angle by a rotational angle of 270 degrees; and a second selection unit configured to select the rotational angle of the second display unit of the external device, wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit that is selected by the first selection unit is the predetermined angle, the second selection unit cannot select the rotational angle of the second display unit, and wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit that is selected by the first selection unit is the first angle or the second angle, the second selection unit can select the rotational angle of the second display unit.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the control unit displays a first item for selecting the rotational angle of the first display unit and a second item for selecting the rotational angle of the second display unit on a menu screen, and controls a display mode of the second item to be changed in accordance with the predetermined angle being selected as the rotational angle of the first display unit.

12 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the predetermined angle is a direction in which a longer direction of the first display unit corresponds to a horizontal direction.

13 . A control method of an electronic device that includes a first display unit, and is configured to communicate with an external device including a second display unit, the control method comprising:
rotating an image to be displayed on the first display unit, in accordance with a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the first display unit; and rotating an image to be output to the external device, in accordance with the rotational angle of the first display unit and a rotational angle in a plane parallel to a screen of the second display unit.

14 . The control method of an electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit is 90 degrees and the rotational angle of the second display unit is 270 degrees, a rotational angle of an image to be output to the external device is rotated by 180 degrees from a rotational angle of the image to be displayed on the first display unit.

15 . The control method of an electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit is 270 degrees and the rotational angle of the second display unit is 90 degrees, a rotational angle of an image to be output to the external device is rotated by 180 degrees from a rotational angle of the image to be displayed on the first display unit.

16 . The control method of an electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein, in a case where the rotational angle of the first display unit and the rotational angle of the second display unit are same, a rotational angle of an image to be output to the external device is set to a same rotational angle as a rotational angle of the image to be displayed on the first display unit.

17 . The control method of an electronic device according to claim 13 , further comprising setting the rotational angle of the second display unit.

18 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method of an electronic device that includes a first display unit, and is configured to communica

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ota Tomohiro
• Sano Genjiro

Classifications

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/531

  being rotatable or detachable · CPC title

• H04N23/631 Primary

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

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title