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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuichi Kinoshita, Tama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display item (SW1 button) for instructing imaging preparation and a display item (SW2 button) for instructing imaging are individually displayed on a touch panel display. When the SW1 buttonis touched by a touch operation by a photographer, an imaging apparatusis controlled so as to perform an imaging preparation operation. When the SW2 buttonis touched by a touch operation by the photographer, the imaging apparatusis controlled so as to perform an imaging operation. Further, when the SW1 buttonis slid so that the SW1 buttonand the SW2 buttonoverlap, the imaging apparatusis controlled so as to perform an imaging operation.