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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Maya Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Umeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoki Sumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides an apparatus use environment with higher flexibility and convenience. To achieve this, in a program including the first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by a processor and the second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor, this invention controls to perform communication between an external device and the first program layer via the second program layer. Based on information about the external device received from the external device via communication, display contents of a display screen for using a function of the external device, which are displayed in the first program layer, are controlled.