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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koichi Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232933 (2018.08); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a connector configured to connect an expansion unit for expanding a function of the information processing apparatus, a detector configured to detect a connection position of the connected expansion unit with respect to the information processing apparatus, a display configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) for performing a setting related to a function expanded by the connected expansion unit, and a controller configured to control display contents of the GUI to be displayed on the display based on the connection position of the connected expansion unit.