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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device, comprising: a movement detector configured to detect a movement of a finger on an operation surface of an operation member; a press detector configured to detect a pressing the operation surface; a control unit configured to perform control so as to move an indicator on the basis of a movement of a finger detected by the movement detector and execute predetermined processing on the basis of a position of the indicator in accordance with a pressing the operation surface detected by the press detector; a setting unit configured to set a restricted state where function execution due to a pressing the operation surface is restricted; and a processing unit configured to prevent the control unit from moving the indicator on the basis of a detection by the movement detector in case where the restricted state is set by the setting unit.