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US 12,608,120 · App. 18/490,509 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Control apparatus, method of controlling control apparatus, and storage medium

Inventor: Hayato Shirai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G06F3/0483G06F3/0482H04N1/00514H04N1/00891H04N1/4413H04N1/4433H04N2201/0094
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Patent No.
US 12,608,120
App. No.
18/490,509
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus includes: a display-control-unit that can display on a displayer a screen in the form of tabs including tabs and corresponding menus, and that displays on the displayer a screen including a menu corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with selection of the predetermined tab on the screen; a locking-control-unit that locks a menu corresponding to at least one tab out of the menus corresponding to the tabs such that no menu is displayed; and a setting-unit that sets whether to make lock setting effective or ineffective, in which if the condition that a backlight of the displayer is turned off is satisfied, based on that lock setting of a menu corresponding to a current tab that is displayed last before the backlight is turned off is set to effective, the locking-control-unit locks the menu corresponding to the current tab.

Claims (29)

1 . A control apparatus, comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor that, upon execution of the stored instructions, causes the control apparatus to:

display on a display a display screen in a form of tabs including a plurality of tabs and a plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs, respectively, and display on the display a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with selection of the predetermined tab on the display screen;

perform locking control to set a menu screen corresponding to at least one tab out of the plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs to locked state in which the menu screen is not displayed; and

set for each menu screen corresponding to the tab whether to make lock setting to set the menu screen corresponding to the tab to the locked state effective, wherein

in a case where a condition that a backlight of the display is put in an off state is satisfied, based on that lock setting of a menu screen corresponding to a current tab that is displayed last before the backlight is put in the off state is set to effective, the locking control is performed to set the menu screen corresponding to the current tab to the locked state.

2 . The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the condition that the backlight of the display is put in the off state is satisfied, based on that the lock setting of the menu screen corresponding to the current tab is set to effective, and the backlight of the display is put in an on state, the locking control is performed to set the menu screen corresponding to the current tab to the locked state.

3 . The control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case where authentication information inputted to a screen of the tab in the locked state matches authentication information that is set in advance to the screen of the tab in the locked state, the locking control is performed to set the menu screen of the tab to an unlocked state from the locked state.

4 . The control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

in a case where the tab in the locked state is set to the unlocked state, the displaying displays the menu screen corresponding to the tab that was in the locked state.

5 . The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

based on that the backlight of the display is put in the off state, the locking control is performed to set all the menu screens of tabs in which the lock setting is effective that are displayed on the display screen to the locked state.

6 . The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the backlight is turned on in a case where the display screen is displayed and is turned off in a case where a predetermined period of time passes after no operation by a user on the display is detected.

7 . The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a case where the condition that the backlight of the display is put in the off state is satisfied is that a predetermined period of time passes after no operation by a user on the display is detected.

8 . A method of controlling a control apparatus, comprising:

while it is possible to display on a display a display screen in a form of tabs including a plurality of tabs and a plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs, respectively, displaying on the display a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with selection of the predetermined tab on the display screen;

setting a menu screen corresponding to at least one tab out of the plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs to a locked state in which the menu screen is not displayed; and

setting whether to make lock setting effective or ineffective, wherein

in a case where a condition that a backlight of the display is put in an off state is satisfied, based on that lock setting of a menu screen corresponding to a current tab that is displayed last before the backlight is put in the off state is set to effective, the menu screen corresponding to the current tab is set to the locked state.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program which functions in a control apparatus and causes the control apparatus to:

display on a display a display screen in a form of tabs including a plurality of tabs and a plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs, respectively, and display on the display a display screen including a menu screen corresponding to a predetermined tab in accordance with selection of the predetermined tab on the display screen;

perform locking control to set a menu screen corresponding to at least one tab out of the plurality of menu screens corresponding to the plurality of tabs to locked state in which the menu screen is not displayed; and

set for each menu screen corresponding to the tab whether to make lock setting to set the menu screen corresponding to the tab to the locked state effective, wherein

in a case where a condition that a backlight of the display is put in an off state is satisfied, based on that lock setting of a menu screen corresponding to a current tab that is displayed last before the backlight is put in the off state is set to effective, the locking control is performed to set the menu screen corresponding to the current tab to the locked state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2023
From: SHIRAI, HAYATO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065785/0787 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-171546 · Oct 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240143138A1 · May 2, 2024
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