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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Kunieda, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Sumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus capable of performing a software program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and performed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor comprises a unit configured to transmit parameter information used for image processing from the first program layer to the second program layer, a unit configured to perform the image processing in the second program layer according to the parameter information, a display control unit configured to display an indicator for allowing a user to recognize that the image processing is in progress, and a unit configured to issue an instruction to control display of the indicator from the second program layer to the first program layer, the display control unit controls the display according to the instruction.