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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Keiichi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Eri Kanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiichi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Eri Kanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus which accepts one of a plurality of processes of different types in accordance with an operation instruction issued on a display screen, comprising: an input unit adapted to input the operation instruction issued on the display screen; an extraction unit adapted to extract an object of interest out of objects displayed on the display screen based on a position where the operation instruction has been input on the display screen; an obtaining unit adapted to obtain information indicating a display size of the object of interest extracted by the extraction unit; and a determination unit adapted to determine executable processing out of the processes of different types in accordance with the display size.