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Granted Patent B2
US 11,048,400 · App. 16/778,369 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Electronic apparatus, control method of electronic apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Seiji Ogawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06F3/04847G06F3/04842G06F3/04883G06F2203/04105G06F2203/04806G06F2203/04808
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Patent No.
US 11,048,400
App. No.
16/778,369
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a touch operation on a display surface; and a display control unit configured to perform control so that a list screen of items corresponding to contents stored in a storage is displayed, wherein, in a case where a first touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content, the display control unit performs control so that the VR content is displayed in a first display mode, in which a display magnification is a first magnification, and in a case where a second touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content, the display control unit performs control so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in a second display mode, in which the display magnification is a second magnification which is lower than the first magnification.

Claims (54)

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

a receiving unit configured to receive a touch operation on a display surface; and

a display control unit configured to perform control so that a list screen of items corresponding to contents stored in a storage is displayed on the display surface, wherein,

in a case where a first touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, the display control unit performs control so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in a first display mode, in which a display magnification is a first magnification,

in a case where a second touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, the display control unit performs control so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in a second display mode, in which the display magnification is a second magnification which is lower than the first magnification,

in a case where the first touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to an edited VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, the display control unit performs control so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in the first display mode in a state before the editing, and

in a case where the second touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to the edited VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, the display control unit performs control so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in the second mode in a state after the editing.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first touch operation is a touch with a pressing force lower than a threshold, and

the second touch operation is a touch with a pressing force higher than the threshold.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first display mode is a mode in which only a part of an image range of a VR content is displayed, and

the second display mode is a mode in which an entire of image range of a VR content is displayable.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one memory and at least one processor further function as a detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus,

in a case where the orientation of the electronic apparatus changes in a state where a VR content is displayed in the first display mode in which a part of an image range is displayed as a display range, the display control unit performs a control to change the display range of the VR content in accordance with the change of orientation of the electronic apparatus, and

in a case where the orientation of the electronic apparatus changes in a state where a VR content is displayed in the second display mode in which a part of an image range is displayed as the display range, the display control unit does not perform the control to change the display range of the VR content in accordance with the change of orientation of the electronic apparatus.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first display mode is a mode to enlarge and display a VR content.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first display mode is a mode to sequentially switch and display a plurality of portions of an image range of a VR content.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first display mode is a mode to sequentially switch and display a plurality of frames of a moving image that is a VR content.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where a third touch operation is performed in a state where a VR content is displayed in the first display mode, the display control unit performs control so that a content to be displayed on the display surface is switched from the VR content to another content, and

in a case where the third touch operation is performed in a state where a VR content is displayed in the second display mode in which a part of an image range is displayed as a display range, the display control unit performs control so that the display range of the VR content is changed in accordance with the third touch operation.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the first touch operation is a touch, and

the third touch operation is moving a touch position.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one memory and at least one processor further function as an editing unit configured to edit a VR content that is displayed in the second display mode in accordance with a user operation.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the difference between the first touch operation and the second touch operation is the difference in a pressing force.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the difference between the first touch operation and the second touch operation is the difference in a duration of touching.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the difference between the first touch operation and the second touch operation is the difference in a size of a touched surface area.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the first touch operation and the second touch operation is touch, and

the other of the first touch operation and the second touch operation is hover.

15. A control method of an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a receiving step of receive a touch operation on a display surface; and

a display control step of perform control so that a list screen of items corresponding to contents stored in a storage is displayed on the display surface, wherein,

in a case where a first touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in a first display mode, in which a display magnification is a first magnification,

in a case where a second touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in a second display mode, in which the display magnification is a second magnification which is lower than the first magnification,

in a case where the first touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to an edited VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in the first display mode in a state before the editing, and

in a case where the second touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to the edited VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in the second mode in a state after the editing.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program, wherein the program causes a computer to execute a control method of an electronic apparatus, comprising:

a receiving step of receive a touch operation on a display surface; and

a display control step of perform control so that a list screen of items corresponding to contents stored in a storage is displayed on the display surface, wherein,

in a case where a first touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in a first display mode, in which a display magnification is a first magnification,

in a case where a second touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to a VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in a second display mode, in which the display magnification is a second magnification which is lower than the first magnification,

in a case where the first touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to an edited VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in the first display mode in a state before the editing, and

in a case where the second touch operation is performed for an item corresponding to the edited VR content out of the items displayed on the list screen, in the display control step, control is performed so that the VR content is displayed on the display surface in the second mode in a state after the editing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2020
From: OGAWA, SEIJI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053114/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-021431 · Feb 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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