Granted Patent B2

US 12,568,299 · App. 18/313,976 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Inventor: Atsushi Misawa (Saitama, JP)

Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation

H04N23/62G06F3/04847G06F8/38

Abstract

Claims (72)

1 . A GUI setting apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory incorporated in or coupled to the processor,

wherein, the processor is configured to execute:

GUI presentation processing of presenting a GUI for operating an electronic apparatus,

evaluation value acquisition processing of acquiring an evaluation value for evaluating an operational feeling of a user with respect to the presented GUI,

GUI setting processing of performing setting to change the presented GUI to a different GUI based on the evaluation value, and

transmission processing of transmitting, to the electronic apparatus, information of the different GUI as information of a GUI to be presented next, and

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether or not a setting operation is an initial setting operation after the electronic apparatus has been turned on, and

in a case in which it is determined that the setting operation is not an initial setting operation after the electronic apparatus has been turned on, the GUI presentation processing presents the GUI for operating the electronic apparatus based on the information of the different GUI changed by the GUI setting processing.

2 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the GUI setting processing has at least one of a first GUI setting mode or a second GUI setting mode,

the first GUI setting mode is a mode where a presented GUI is changed to another GUI in a case where the evaluation value is equal to or less than a set threshold value, and

the second GUI setting mode is a mode where a plurality of kinds of GUIs for the same operation item are presented, and in a case where the evaluation values of the plurality of kinds of presented GUI are acquired in the evaluation value acquisition processing, a GUI of which the evaluation value is relatively high is set.

3 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the evaluation value includes an evaluation value with the number of erroneous operations of the user with respect to a presented GUI as an evaluation item.

4 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

execute a first GUI setting mode where the presented GUI is changed to another GUI in a case where the evaluation value is equal to or less than a set threshold value in the GUI setting processing; and

perform change to a GUI suitable for a content of the erroneous operation of the user instead of the presented GUI in a case where the number of erroneous operations exceeds the set number of times and the evaluation value is equal to or less than the set threshold value.

5 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to change at least one component of a display form of a graphic element, an operation method of the graphic element, operation sensitivity of the graphic element, an order of screen transition, or a time of the screen transition of the GUI in the GUI setting processing.

6 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute a series of processing including GUI presentation processing of presenting the GUI, the evaluation value acquisition processing, and the GUI setting processing at a set timing.

7 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the series of processing is repeatedly executed at the set timing.

8 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to execute GUI generation processing of generating a new GUI different from a GUI set in advance and set the generated GUI in the GUI setting processing.

9 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a GUI data acquisition unit that acquires GUI data necessary for generating the new GUI,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the GUI generation processing based on the GUI data.

10 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to digitize a deviation amount indicating a degree of deviation of a changed state of a changeable component of the GUI from a set standard state and generate the new GUI in a range in which a total of the deviation amount falls within a determined numerical range in the GUI generation processing.

11 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to dispose, in a case of disposing GUIs of a plurality of operation items on one screen in the GUI generation processing, the GUI of an operation item having a highest use frequency at a position closest to a center of the screen.

12 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the GUI is a GUI that is used in an imaging apparatus, and

an operation item is an operation item of a setting operation regarding imaging.

13 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein:

the evaluation value is an evaluation value with at least one of a setting operation time, a no-operation time, or the number of erroneous operations as an evaluation item,

the setting operation time is a total elapsed time from a start to an end of the setting operation or from the start of the setting operation to a shutter button operation,

the no-operation time is a noncontact time for which the user is not in contact with the GUI, in the setting operation time, and

the number of erroneous operations is the number of erroneous operations that are performed in the setting operation time.

14 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the operation item includes at least one of a stop, a shutter speed, or imaging sensitivity.

15 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication unit that performs communication with the electronic apparatus,

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire the evaluation value from the electronic apparatus through the communication unit in the evaluation value acquisition processing; and

set the GUI of the electronic apparatus based on the evaluation value in the GUI setting processing.

16 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire a plurality of the evaluation values of the GUI of the same operation item from each of a plurality of the electronic apparatuses in the evaluation value acquisition processing; and

set a GUI of an electronic apparatus selected as a setting target based on the plurality of evaluation values in the GUI setting processing.

17 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the GUI of initial setting of the electronic apparatus based on the plurality of evaluation values.

18 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information of the GUI is information regarding a display form of a graphic element or an operation method of a graphic element of the electronic apparatus each own by user.

19 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information of GUI is information regarding a display form of at least one of operation sensitivity of a graphic element, an order of screen transition, or a time of screen transition, in the GUI.

20 . The GUI setting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the GUI presentation processing includes displaying a setting screen of the electronic apparatus based on the information of the changed different GUI.

21 . A GUI setting method, comprising:

executing GUI presentation processing of presenting a GUI for operating an electronic apparatus,

executing evaluation value acquisition processing of acquiring an evaluation value for evaluating an operational feeling of a user with respect to the presented GUI,

executing GUI setting processing of performing setting to change the presented GUI to a different GUI based on the evaluation value, and

executing transmission processing of transmitting, to the electronic apparatus, information of the different GUI as information of a GUI to be presented next, wherein

the GUI setting method further comprises determining whether or not a setting operation is an initial setting operation after the electronic apparatus has been turned on, and

in a case in which it is determined that the setting operation is not an initial setting operation after the electronic apparatus has been turned on, the GUI presentation processing presents the GUI for operating the electronic apparatus based on the information of the different GUI changed by the GUI setting processing.

22 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a GUI setting program that causes a computer to execute:

GUI presentation processing of presenting a GUI for operating an electronic apparatus,

evaluation value acquisition processing of acquiring an evaluation value for evaluating an operational feeling of a user with respect to the presented GUI,

GUI setting processing of setting to change the presented GUI to a different GUI based on the evaluation value, and

transmission processing of transmitting, to the electronic apparatus, information of the different GUI as information of GUI to be next presented, wherein

the evaluation value is an evaluation value with at least one of a setting operation time, a no-operation time, or the number of erroneous operations as an evaluation item,

the setting operation time is a total elapsed time from a start to an end of the setting operation to a shutter button operation,

the no-operation time is a noncontact time for which the user is not in contact with the GUI, in the setting operation time, and

the number of erroneous operations is the number of erroneous operations that are performed in the setting operation time,

the GUI is a GUI that is used in an imaging apparatus, and

operation items include a stop, a shutter speed, and imaging sensitivity.

23 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a GUI setting program that causes a computer to execute:

GUI presentation processing of presenting a GUI for operating an electronic apparatus,

evaluation value acquisition processing of acquiring an evaluation value for evaluating an operational feeling of a user with respect to the presented GUI,

GUI setting processing of setting to change the presented GUI to a different GUI based on the evaluation value, and

transmission processing of transmitting, to the electronic apparatus, information of the different GUI as information of GUI to be next presented,

wherein the GUI is a GUI that is used in an imaging apparatus, and

operation items include a stop, a shutter speed, and imaging sensitivity.

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