IP Library Granted Patent US 12,328,490
Granted Patent B2
US 12,328,490 · App. 18/155,642 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Electronic device with zoom control

Inventors: Ryo Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Junko Morikawa (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N23/45H04N23/632H04N23/667H04N23/69H04N23/698
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Patent No.
US 12,328,490
App. No.
18/155,642
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having a first surface on which a first lens and a second lens with a wider angle than the first lens is arranged and a second surface on which at least a third lens is arranged, the electronic device comprising control means for controlling a captured image of the first lens to be displayed in response to issuing an instruction to display a captured image of a lens on the first surface, and controlling a captured image at a second field angle wider than the first field angle to be displayed in response to issuing an instruction to display a captured image of a lens on the second surface.

Claims (40)

1. An electronic device having a first surface and a second surface, the electronic device comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor that is in communication with the at least one memory and that, when executing the instructions, cooperates with the at least one memory to execute processing, the processing including:

controlling image capturing to be performed in first image capturing or second image capturing, wherein image capturing performed in the first image capturing uses any lens among a plurality of lenses including a first lens and a second lens that are arranged on the first surface, the second lens having a field angle wider than a field angle of the first lens, and wherein image capturing performed in the second image capturing uses any lens among a plurality of lenses including a third lens and a fourth lens that are arranged on the second surface, the fourth lens having a field angle wider than a field angle of the third lens and wider than the field angle of the first lens;

receiving, during the second image capturing, a first instruction to switch to the first image capturing;

receiving, during the first image capturing, a second instruction to switch to the second image capturing;

in a case where the first instruction is received during the second image capturing using the fourth lens, controlling to switch to the first image capturing using the first lens, controlling the image captured using the first lens to be displayed on a display, and controlling an image capturing magnification to be displayed, on the display, as 1× during the first image capturing using the first lens; and

in a case where the second instruction is received during the first image capturing using the first lens, controlling to switch to the second image capturing using the fourth lens, controlling the image captured using the fourth lens to be displayed on the display, and controlling the image capturing magnification to be displayed, on the display, as 1× during the second image capturing using the fourth lens.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing further includes:

switching image capturing performed in the first image capturing, between image capturing performed using the first lens and image capturing performed using the second lens, and

controlling an image captured using the second lens to be displayed on the display.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing further includes:

switching image capturing performed in the second image capturing, between image capturing performed using the third lens and image capturing performed using the fourth lens, and

controlling an image captured using the third lens to be displayed on the display.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a fifth lens having a narrower field angle in which image capturing is executable, than that of the first lens, is arranged on the first surface.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing further includes:

in a case where image capturing during the first image capturing is switched to image capturing performed using the second lens, controlling an image captured using the second lens to be displayed on the display and the image capturing magnification to be displayed, on the display, as a value smaller than 1×.

6. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing further includes:

in accordance with a touch operation on a predetermined item on the display, controlling to switch image capturing to be performed during the first image capturing between image capturing performed using the first lens and image capturing performed using the second lens.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing further includes:

in a case where image capturing during the second image capturing is switched to image capturing performed using the third lens, controlling an image captured using the third lens to be displayed on the display and the image capturing magnification to be displayed as a value larger than 1×.

8. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing further includes:

in accordance with a touch operation on a predetermined item on the display, controlling to switch image capturing to be performed during the second image capturing between image capturing performed using the third lens and image capturing performed using the fourth lens.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising the display.

10. A control method of an electronic device in which a plurality of lenses including a first lens and a second lens having a field angle wider than a field angle of the first lens are arranged on a first surface, and a plurality of lenses including a third lens and a fourth lens having a wider field angle than a field angle of the third lens are arranged on a second surface, the control method comprising:

controlling image capturing to be performed in first image capturing performed using any lens among the plurality of lenses arranged on the first surface or in second image capturing performed using any lens among the plurality of lenses arranged on the second surface;

receiving a first instruction to switch to the first image capturing during the second image capturing using the fourth lens or receiving a second instruction to switch to the second image capturing during the first image capturing using the first lens; and

in a case where the first instruction is received during the second image capturing using the fourth lens, controlling to switch to the first image capturing using the first lens, to display an image captured using the first lens on a display, and to display an image capturing magnification, on the display, as 1× during the first image capturing using the first lens; and

in a case where the second instruction is received during the first image capturing using the first lens, controlling to switch to the second image capturing using the fourth lens, to display an image captured using the fourth lens on the display, and to display an image capturing magnification, on the display, as 1× during the second image capturing using the fourth lens.

11. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for causing a computer that controls an electronic device having a first surface and a second surface to perform operations comprising:

controlling image capturing to be performed in first image capturing or second image capturing, wherein image capturing performed in the first image capturing uses any lens among a plurality of lenses including a first lens and a second lens that are arranged on the first surface, the second lens having a field angle wider than a field angle of the first lens, and wherein image capturing performed in the second image capturing uses any lens among a plurality of lenses including a third lens and a fourth lens that are arranged on the second surface, the fourth lens having a field angle wider than a field angle of the third lens;

receiving, during the second image capturing, a first instruction to switch to the first image capturing;

receiving, during the first image capturing, a second instruction to switch to the second image capturing;

in a case where the first instruction is received during the second image capturing using the fourth lens, controlling to switch to the first image capturing using the first lens, to display an image captured using the first lens on a display, and to display an image capturing magnification, on the display, as 1× during the first image capturing using the first lens; and

in a case where the second instruction is received during the first image capturing using the first lens, controlling to switch to the second image capturing using the fourth lens, to display an image captured using the fourth lens on the display, and to display an image capturing magnification, on the display, as 1× during the second image capturing using the fourth lens.

12. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the control method of an electronic device according to claim 10 .

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein, among all lenses arranged on the second surface, including the third lens and the fourth lens, the field angle of the fourth lens is widest.

14. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the field angle of the fourth lens is wider than the field angle of the second lens.

15. The control method according to claim 10 , wherein, among all lenses arranged on the second surface, including the third lens and the fourth lens, the field angle of the fourth lens is widest.

16. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein, among all lenses arranged on the second surface, including the third lens and the fourth lens, the field angle of the fourth lens is widest.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: TAKAHASHI, RYO; MORIKAWA, JUNKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-125163 · Jul 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021025780 · Jul 8, 2021
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