IP Library Granted Patent US 11,269,499
Granted Patent B2
US 11,269,499 · App. 17/115,258 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Electronic apparatus and control method for fine item movement adjustment

Inventor: Emi Kondo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/0484G06F3/0482G06F3/0488
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,269,499
App. No.
17/115,258
Filed
Dec 8, 2020
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2179
USPC
715/810
Abstract

An electronic apparatus performs control such that an item to be displayed in a display unit is displayed so as to move according to a touch operation, and performs control to not move the position of the item displayed in the display unit even if a touch operation has been started, and, in response to a movement of a touch position having been detected, move the item from the position at which the item was displayed in accordance with a movement amount of the touch position, and after the touch position has been moved, when a position of the touch panel that is in a first direction from a set reference position of the touch panel is tapped, move the item in the first direction by an amount corresponding to a predetermined amount, every time a tap is performed.

Claims (24)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a touch detection unit configured to detect touch operations including a touch-down operation, a touch-move operation and a touch-up operation performed on a touch panel; and

a display control unit configured to perform control to display an item on a screen of a display unit while moving the item from a reference position according to an amount of movement from the touch-down position based on the touch-down operation detected on the touch panel to the touch-move position based on the touch-move operation detected on the touch panel,

wherein the reference position is updated with the touch-up position after the touch-move operation is detected and the touch-up operation is detected,

wherein the item is moved from the reference position and displayed on the screen of the display unit even when no movement is made from the touch-down position to the touch-up position in a case where the touch-down operation and the touch-up operation are newly detected on the touch panel and the touch-up position based on the detected touch-up operation is in an end portion of the touch panel, and

wherein the touch panel is separated from the display unit.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the item is moved upward, downward, rightward or leftward from the reference position and displayed on the screen of the display unit when the touch-up position based on the detected touch-up operation is in an upper end, a lower end, a right end or a left end of the touch panel, even when no movement is made from the touch-down position to the touch-up position.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reference position is canceled, when an operation unit other than the touch panel has been operated.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reference position is canceled, when an operation for performing a shooting instruction is performed.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reference position is canceled when the screen on which the item is displayed is switched to another screen.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus is a digital camera and the display unit is in a view finder.

7. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus comprising:

detecting touch operations including a touch-down operation, a touch-move operation and a touch-up operation performed on a touch panel;

performing control to display an item on a screen of display unit while moving the item from a reference position according to an amount of movement from the touch-down position based on the touch-down operation detected on the touch panel to the touch-move position based on the touch-move operation detected on the touch panel;

updating the reference position with the touch-up position after the touch-move operation is detected and the touch-up operation is detected,

moving the item from the reference position and displaying the item on the screen of the display unit even when no movement is made from the touch-down position to the touch-up position in a case where the touch-down operation and the touch-up operation are newly detected on the touch panel and the touch-up position based on the detected touch-up operation is an end portion of the touch panel,

wherein the touch panel is separated from the display unit.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an electronic apparatus comprising:

detecting touch operations including a touch-down operation, a touch-move operation and a touch-up operation performed on a touch panel;

displaying an item on a display unit while moving the item from a reference position according to an amount of movement from the touch-down position based on the touch-down operation detected on the touch panel to the touch-move position based on the touch-move operation detected on the touch panel;

updating the reference position with the touch-up position after the touch-move operation is detected and the touch-up operation is detected,

moving the item from the reference position and displaying the item on the screen of the display unit even when no movement is made from the touch-down position to the touch-up position in a case where the touch-down operation and the touch-up operation are newly detected on the touch panel and the touch-up position based on the detected touch-up operation is an end portion of the touch panel,

wherein the touch panel is separated from the display unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2021
From: KONDO, EMI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 056164/0519 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-223002 · Dec 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210173536A1 · Jun 10, 2021