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Granted Patent B2
US 10,044,943 · App. 15/186,174 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Display control apparatus, display controlling method, and program, for enlarging and displaying part of image around focus detection area

Inventor: Kyota Saito (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N5/2628H04N5/23216H04N5/23293H04N5/23296G06F2203/04806G06T3/40H04N5/23212
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Patent No.
US 10,044,943
App. No.
15/186,174
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An enlargement area of an image including a focus detection area is enlarged and displayed, and a focus frame is displayed on a display screen over a location corresponding to a position of the focus detection area included in the enlargement area. The focus frame moves on the display screen in accordance with an instruction received via an input unit. When the focus frame moves to a display end, enlargement display is temporarily canceled in order to display the whole image on the display screen, and the focus frame is displayed on the display screen over a location corresponding to a current position of the focus detection area in the whole image.

Claims (31)

1. A display control apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the display control apparatus to:

enlarge and display an enlargement area of an image including a focus detection area on a screen;

display a focus frame on the screen over a location corresponding to the focus detection area included in the enlargement area;

move the focus frame on the enlargement area displayed on the screen in response to an operation by a user; and

display a normal area of the image, which is larger than the enlargement area of the image, on the screen instead of the enlargement area of the image if the focus frame moves to an end part of the enlargement area displayed on the screen.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the focus frame is displayed over a location corresponding to the focus detection area of the normal area of the image displayed on the screen, and

the enlargement area of the image is displayed on the screen instead of the normal area of the image if the focus frame moves on the normal area of the image displayed on the screen.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the enlargement area of the image is displayed on the screen such that a focus detection area corresponding to the moved focus frame is located at a center of the enlargement area when the enlargement area of the image is displayed instead of the normal area of the image.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the image is periodically captured by capturing an object and the normal area of the image or an enlargement area of the image is displayed as a live view.

5. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

an image capture unit capturing an object to generate an image; and

a display device displaying at least a part of the image on the screen.

6. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:

a receiving unit receiving an image from an image capture apparatus; and

a display device displaying at least a part of the image on the screen.

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the normal area of the image is a whole of the image.

8. A display controlling method comprising:

enlarging and displaying an enlargement area of an image including a focus detection area on a screen;

displaying a focus frame on the screen over a location corresponding to the focus detection area included in the enlargement area;

moving the focus frame on the enlargement area displayed on the screen in response to an operation by a user; and

displaying the normal area of the image on the screen instead of the enlargement area of the image if the focus frame moves to an end part of the enlargement area displayed on the screen.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed, causes a computer to execute a display controlling process, the display controlling process comprising:

enlarging and displaying an enlargement area of an image including a focus detection area on a screen;

displaying a focus frame on the screen over a location corresponding to the focus detection area included in the enlargement area;

moving the focus frame on the enlargement area displayed on the screen in response to an operation by a user; and

displaying the normal area of the image, which is larger than the enlargement area of the image, on the screen instead of the enlargement area of the image if the focus frame moves to an end part of the enlargement area displayed on the screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2016
From: SAITO, KYOTA
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039944/0203 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-123530 · Jun 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160373660A1 · Dec 22, 2016