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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Nakata, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryu Wakui, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Narushima, Fujisawa, JP;
Maiko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Natsuko Miyazaki, Mitaka, JP;
Shingo Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To achieve an improved touch operation, a display control apparatus includes a monitor unit provided with a display unit and rotatably connected to a main body via a hinge portion, a touch panel configured to detect a touch operation on the display unit, a variable angle state detection unit configured to detect a position of the monitor unit, and a system control unit configured to display a Q button to be used for releasing lock at a position nearer to the hinge portion than other display items when it is determined that the monitor unit is moved from a first position to a second position based on the detection result of the variable angle state detection unit.