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US 12,666,130 · App. 18/509,488 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Inventor: Tetsuya Hada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N23/60
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,666,130
App. No.
18/509,488
Filed
Nov 15, 2023
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2639
USPC
348/207.99
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information which includes information on use count of operation members of a first electronic apparatus, or to acquire second information which includes information on use count of operation members of a second electronic apparatus; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the first information or the second information, a second operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which setting for a first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, in a case where settings for the operation members of the first electronic apparatus are applied to the operation members of the second electronic apparatus.

Claims (41)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information which includes information on use count of operation members of a first electronic apparatus, or to acquire second information which includes information on use count of operation members of a second electronic apparatus; and

a determination unit configured to determine, based on the first information or the second information, a second operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which setting for a first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, in a case where settings for the operation members of the first electronic apparatus are applied to the operation members of the second electronic apparatus.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where first arrangement of the operation members of the first electronic apparatus and second arrangement of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus are not approximately the same with respect to an operation member which is a setting applying target, the determination unit determines the second operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which the setting for the first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, based on the first information or the second information, and

in a case where the first arrangement and the second arrangement are approximately the same with respect to the operation member which is the setting applying target, the determination unit determines the operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which the setting for the first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, as the operation member which approximately matches with the first operation member.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the setting for the first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applicable to the operation member of the second electronic apparatus corresponding to the first operation member, the determination unit determines the operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which the setting for the first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, as the operation member of the second electronic apparatus corresponding to the first operation member, and

in a case where the setting for the first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is not applicable to the operation member of the second electronic apparatus corresponding to the first operation member, the determination unit determines the second operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which the setting for the first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, based on the first information or the second information to.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

out of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus, the determination unit determines an operation member, of which index based on the use count is closest to index based on the use count of the first operation member, as the second operation member.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further function as

a control unit configured to inquire of a user whether the second operation member determined by the determination unit is employed as an operation member to which the setting for the first operation member is applied.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

in a case where the user does not employ the second operation member as the operation member to which the setting for the first operation member is applied, the control unit controls to present candidates of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus to which the setting for the first operation member is applicable.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the use count of the operation members of the first electronic apparatus or the use count of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus is a number of times added up during a predetermined period.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the use count of the operation members of the first electronic apparatus and the use count of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus are added up for each user.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the use count of the operation members of the first electronic apparatus and the use count of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus are added up for each combination of an operation member and setting for the operation member.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the use count of the operation members of the first electronic apparatus and the use count of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus are initialized by an operation of a user.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the use count of the operation members of the first electronic apparatus and the use count of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus are initialized in a case where the settings for the operation members are changed.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information includes arrangement information for the operation members of the first electronic apparatus,

the second information includes arrangement information of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus, and

the determination unit determines the second operation member based on the arrangement information for the operation members of the first electronic apparatus and the arrangement information for the operation members of the second electronic apparatus.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

out of the operation members of the second electronic apparatus, the determination unit determines, as the second operation member, an operation member of which relative position with respect to a reference operation member of the second electronic apparatus is closest to a relative position of the first operation member with respect to the reference operation member of the first electronic apparatus.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the setting for the first operation member is setting of a function assigned to the first operation member.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing apparatus is the first electronic apparatus or the second electronic apparatus.

16 . An information processing method for causing a computer to execute:

an acquisition step of acquiring first information which includes information on use count of operation members of a first electronic apparatus, or acquiring second information which includes information on use count of operation members of a second electronic apparatus; and

a determination step of determining, based on the first information or the second information, a second operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which setting for a first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, in a case where settings for the operation members of the first electronic apparatus are applied to the operation members of the second electronic apparatus.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program for causing a computer to execute an information processing method comprising:

an acquisition step of acquiring first information which includes information on use count of operation members of a first electronic apparatus, or acquiring second information which includes information on use count of operation members of a second electronic apparatus; and

a determination step of determining, based on the first information or the second information, a second operation member of the second electronic apparatus, to which setting for a first operation member of the first electronic apparatus is applied, in a case where settings for the operation members of the first electronic apparatus are applied to the operation members of the second electronic apparatus.