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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Makoto Hibi, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Hibi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus specifies a position on a display screen that is specified by the user according to an instruction from the user, and displays information on the display screen that is set by the specified first position and second position and indicates data to be displayed from among a plurality of items of data on the display screen. When the user further specifies a third position, the display control apparatus determines whether an instruction from the user for specifying the third position is a specified instruction that differs from an instruction for specifying the second position. When it is determined that the instruction is the specified instruction, the display control apparatus displays data, from among the plurality of items of data, that corresponds to the information displayed on the display screen.