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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Ishitsuka, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus comprises a setting unit which sets acceptance of a touch operation on a display unit to be valid or invalid; a display control unit which controls to display, when the acceptance of the touch operation is set to be invalid, option items and an icon superimposed over the option items, and when the acceptance of the touch operation is set to be valid, display the option items and the icon in an area where the icon is not superimposed over the option items; and a control unit which controls to select, when the acceptance of the touch operation is set to be valid, an option item displayed in accordance with a touch operation on the option item and select the icon displayed in accordance with a touch operation on the icon.