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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Masahiro Yamashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Koide, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Yamashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Koide, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which is capable of preventing the display of an operation item, such as an icon, from hindering user's viewing an image which the user desires to view. A distance and position-detecting section and a system controller detect a distance between a screen and an operation element. The system controller displays at least one operation candidate item on the screen when the detected distance becomes not larger than a first threshold distance. Further, when the detected distance becomes not larger than the first predetermined threshold distance, the system controller changes a display form of the operation candidate item depending on the detected distance and displays the operation candidate item as an operable item.