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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Sho Ichikawa, Ebina, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus comprises a proximity detection unit which detects that an object has come close to the apparatus, a touch detection unit which detects that an object has come close to a display unit, and a control unit which, when the proximity detection unit detects approach of the object and the touch detection unit detects the approach of the object in a region of not smaller than a predetermined range on the display unit, controls not to perform a display, to reduce a luminance of the display unit, or to turn off the display unit, and when the proximity detection unit detects the approach of the object and the touch detection unit does not detect the approach of the object in the region of not smaller than the predetermined range on the display unit, controls to carry on the display.