Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025159332-A1
Application number	US-202418943234-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 11, 2024
Priority date	Nov 13, 2023
Publication date	May 15, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device includes a first operation member that can receive a first operation followed by a second operation and a controller that assigns a function to the first operation and a second operation based on a user selection, performs processes corresponding to the functions assigned to the first and second operations in response to the first and second operations, respectively, and performs control such that if no function is assigned to the first operation, the function to be assigned to the second operation is selected from a first function group and, if a function is assigned to the first operation, a function to be assigned to the second operation is selected from a second function group that includes fewer functions than in the first function group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image pickup device comprising:
a first operation member that can receive a first press operation followed by a second press operation having a pressing amount greater than a pressing amount of the first press operation; a memory storing a program; and a controller, that when executing the program, causes the image pickup device to: assign a function to the first press operation and the second press operation based on a user selection; perform a process corresponding to the function assigned to the first press operation in response to the first press operation and perform a process corresponding to the function assigned to the second press operation in response to the second press operation; and perform control such that if no function is assigned to the first press operation, the function to be assigned to the second press operation is selected from a first function group that includes a function related to playback, and if a function is assigned to the first press operation, a function to be assigned to the second press operation is selected from a second function group that includes fewer functions than the first function group and that does not include a function related to playback.

2 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein if no function is assigned to the first press operation, the controller does not perform any process in response to the first press operation.

3 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein the second function group includes a function that is related to photographing and that is assigned to the first press operation.

4 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein if a function to perform autofocus is assigned to the first press operation, the controller performs control such that the function to be assigned to the second press operation is selected from a function group related to autofocus.

5 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein if no function is assigned to the second press operation, the controller performs control such that the function to be assigned to the first press operation is selected from a third function group that is different from the second function group.

6 . The image pickup device according to claim 5 , wherein the first function group and the third function group are the same function group.

7 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein the first function group includes a function related to photographing and a function related to playback, and
wherein the second function group does not include a function related to photographing and includes a function related to playback.

8 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a second operation member that is different from the first operation member and that can receive the first press operation and the second press operation, wherein the second operation member is used to provide an image shooting instruction.

9 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein the first operation member is an operating member that is different from a shutter release button.

10 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein the first press operation is a half press operation performed on the first operation member, and the second press operation is a full press operation performed on the first operation member.

11 . The image pickup device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller assigns, to the first press operation and the second press operation, functions set in an item selected from among a plurality of items in each of which a function to be assigned to the first press operation and a function to be assigned to the second press operation are preset based on a user operation.

12 . The image pickup device according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of items include an item in which functions to be assigned to the first press operation and the second press operation are fixed and an item in which a function to be assigned to either the first press operation or the second press operation is changeable in based on a user operation.

13 . The image pickup device according to claim 12 , wherein the controller performs control such that
for an item in which a function to be assigned to the first press operation is not set and a function to be assigned to the second press operation is changeable by a user operation, the function to be set for the second press operation is selected from the first function group, and for an item in which a function to be assigned to the first press operation is set and a function to be assigned to the second press operation is changeable by a user operation, the function to be set for the second press operation is selected from the second function group.

14 . The image pickup device according to claim 12 , wherein the controller further causes the image pickup device to select one of the plurality of items based on a user operation, and to perform control to display a combination of the functions set for the first press operation and the second press operation in the selected item.

15 . The image pickup device according to claim 14 , wherein in response to a user operation for determining the selected item, the controller assigns the functions set in the selected item to the first press operation and the second press operation.

16 . A method for controlling an image pickup device including a first operation member that can receive a first press operation followed by a second press operation having a pressing amount greater than a pressing amount of the first press operation, the method comprising:
assigning a function to the first press operation and the second press operation based on a user selection; performing a process corresponding to the function assigned to the first press operation in response to the first press operation and performing a process corresponding to the function assigned to the second press operation in response to the second press operation; and performing control such that if no function is assigned to the first press operation, the function to be assigned to the second press operation is selected from a first function group that includes a function related to playback, and if a function is assigned to the first press operation, a function to be assigned to the second press operation is selected from a second function group that includes fewer functions than the first function group and that does not include a function related to playback.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to
assign a function to the first press operation and the second press operation based on a user selection; perform a process corresponding to the function assigned to the first press operation in response to the first press operation and perform a process corresponding to the function assigned to the second press operation in response to the second press operation; and perform control such that if no function is assigned to the first press operation, the function to be assigned to the second press operation is selected from a first function group that includes a function related to playback, and if a function is assigned to the first press operation, a function to be assigned to the second press operation is selected from a second function group that includes fewer functions than the first function group and that does not include a function related to playba

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Fukushima Yuki

Classifications

• H04N23/667

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

• H04N23/631

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

• H01H13/64

  wherein the switch has more than two electrically distinguishable positions, e.g. multi-position push-button switches · CPC title

• H04N23/62 Primary

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• G03B13/36 Primary

  Autofocus systems · CPC title