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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masao Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoki Sumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Maya Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); G06F 3/1214 (2013.01); G06F 3/1224 (2013.01); G06F 3/1247 (2013.01); G06F 9/4443 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention provides an apparatus use environment with higher flexibility and convenience. To achieve this, based on information acquired by an apparatus on which a program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor operates, display contents of a display screen for using a function of the apparatus, which are displayed in the first program layer, are controlled.