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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kento Inai, Zushi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation on a touch panel, a selection unit that selects positions on a display unit via a touch operation on the touch panel, and a control unit that controls the selection unit, wherein, in a case where a touch position movement is performed on the touch panel, the control unit controls the selection unit to select, from among positions of a plurality of selective candidates on the display unit existing in a direction of the touch position movement from a starting position of the touch position movement to a touch position at a first timing, positions based on a touch position movement up to a second timing after the first timing.