IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,451,712
Granted Patent B2
US 11,451,712 · App. 17/354,266 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Electronic device

Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Harry Vermeulen (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Kikkawa (Kanagawa, JP); Soshi Takita (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Nakata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 11,451,712
App. No.
17/354,266
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a recording control unit configured to perform control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and a control unit configured to perform control to: record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.

Claims (45)

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

a recording control unit configured to perform control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and

a control unit configured to perform control to:

record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and

record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs control so as to realize at least one of:

recording information indicating the group of the content as attribute information of the content;

recording information that indicates a correspondence relationship between the content and the group and is independent of the content; and

recording the content in a separate folder for each group.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where a predetermined recording mode for recording the content is set, the second operating member is enabled, and

in a case where the predetermined recording mode is not set, the second operating member is disabled.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined recording mode is a mode for recording a moving image of an operator him/herself or a mode for recording voice of the operator him/herself.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein,

immediately after a recording mode for recording the content is set, the first operating member is enabled and the second operating member is disabled, and

immediately after recording of the content is stopped, the first operating member is disabled and the second operating member is enabled.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first operating member and the second operating member are disposed further away than a display area in which display relating to recording of the content is performed, as seen from an acquisition portion for performing at least one of image capture of the moving image and input of the sound.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an operating member for changing an AF position is disposed in a position enabling operation thereof by a finger used to operate the first operating member and the second operating member.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first operating member and the second operating member are disposed in positions that can be reached by a finger of a hand holding a grip portion of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one memory and the at least one processor further function as a playback unit configured to play back content in response to a user operation, and

immediately after content is played back by the playback unit, in a case where recording of content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member, the control unit performs control to record the content to be recorded as content of the same group as the content played back immediately prior thereto.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where an operation is performed on the first operating member while content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto is being recorded, the control unit performs modified control so that the content being recorded is recorded as content of a new group, and

in a case where an operation is performed on the second operating member while content of a new group is being recorded, the control unit performs modified control so that the content being recorded is recorded as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the recording control unit performs control to stop recording of the content in response to an operation of the first operating member or the second operating member during recording of the content.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the recording control unit performs control so that

while content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto is being recorded, recording of the content is not stopped in response to an operation of the first operating member and recording of the content is stopped in response to an operation of the second operating member, and

while content of a new group is being recorded, recording of the content is not stopped in response to an operation of the second operating member and recording of the content is stopped in response to an operation of the first operating member.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where an operation is performed on the first operating member while content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto is being recorded and in a case where an operation is performed on the second operating member while content of a new group is being recorded, the control unit performs control to delete the content being recorded.

14. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further function as a display control unit configured to perform control so that in a case where recording of content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto is started, a display indicating a number of pieces of content belonging to the same group as the content recorded immediately before is performed.

15. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, after recording of the content is stopped, the control unit performs control to attach a rating to the content in response to an operation of an operating member for changing the AF position.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further function as a notification control unit configured to perform control to notify a user of whether content of a new group is being recorded or content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto is being recorded.

17. A control method of an electronic device, comprising:

performing control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and

performing control to:

record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and

record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program, wherein

the program causes a computer to execute a control method of an electronic device, comprising:

performing control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and

performing control to:

record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and

record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2021
From: WATANABE, KAZUHIRO; VERMEULEN, HARRY; KIKKAWA, TAKESHI; TAKITA, SOSHI; NAKATA, TAKESHI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-241258 · Dec 25, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-241413 · Dec 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019048306 · Dec 10, 2019
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