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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Kamiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuma Iwagami, Yokohama, JP;
Kimihiro Masuyama, Kamakura, JP;
Hirokazu Izuoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Yoshida, Fujisawa, JP;
Daiyu Ueno, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device includes: a touch detector configured to detect a touch operation with respect to a touch operation surface; a registration unit configured to register, in accordance with a user operation, at least a function to be executed by a first type of a touch operation among types of touch operations with respect to the touch operation surface; and a control unit configured to control so as to execute an assigned function registered by the registration unit in accordance with the first type of a touch operation, and execute a predetermined function that cannot be changed by the registration unit in accordance with a second type of a touch operation that requires the touch operation surface to be touched over a larger touch area than a touch area satisfying a condition for the first type of a touch operation to be performed.