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US 2013 0179831A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2013/0179831 A1 Izaki (43) Pub. Date: Jul. 11, 2013 (54) IMAGINGAPPARATUS AND METHOD FOR (52) U.S. Cl. CONTROLLING THE SAME CPC .................................. G06F 3/04845 (2013.01) USPC .......................................................... 715/800 (71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP) (57) ABSTRACT (72) Inventor: Yuko Izaki, Kawasaki-shi (JP) An imaging apparatus includes a touch detection unit config (73) Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ured to detect a touch operation on a display unit, a display Tokyo (JP) control unit configured to control display of an indicator indicating a reference value in an autobracketing shooting (21) Appl. No.: 13/734,816 and an indicator indicating a bracketing value in the auto bracketing shooting, a control unit configured to perform (22) Filed: Jan. 4, 2013 control to increase a width between the reference value and the bracketing value to be set when the touch detection unit (30) Foreign Application Priority Data detects a touch operation moving in a first direction while Jan. 10, 2012 (JP) ................................. 2012-002404 keeping touching a setting area for setting the bracketing value on the display unit and to decrease the width when the Publication Classification touch detection unit detects a touch operation moving in a second direction opposite the first direction while keeping (51) Int. Cl. touching the setting area, and a bracketing value setting unit G06F 3/0484 (2006.01) configured to set the bracketing value based on the width. EXPOSURE COMPENSATION/AEB SETTING Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 1 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 2 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 104 209 14 215 28,71 416 2ff 21 O 2OO O-88 Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 3 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 4 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 FIG.4 EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONIAEB SETTING & 401 BRIGHT 7.6.5.4.3.2.1.0.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.404 ||||||||||||||||||||||||| + () Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 5 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 FIG.5A FIG5B EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONIAEBSETTING EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONIAEBSETTING DARK BRIGHT DARK BRIGHT 5,4,3,2,10,1,2,3,4,5 5.4,3,2,10,1,2,3,4,5 z - || + z - || + EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONAEBSETTING EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONAEB SETTING DARK BRIGHT DARK BRIGHT 5.4.3.2.1.0.1.2.3.4.5 7.6.5.4.3.2.1.0.1.2.3.4.5.67 BZ - || -- 2 - || 0 axa: |||||| sr. Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 6 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 FIG.5E FIG.5F EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONIAEBSETTING EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONIAEBSETTING DARK BRIGHT DARK BRIGHT 5:3.8:1:1:2:4; it 5.4.3.2.1.0.1.2.3.4.5 z - || 3:0artz E2 ||||||||||| -- 22 AEE6A. AES5214 sr. EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONIAEBSETTING DARK BRIGHT 7.6.5.4.3.2.1.0.1.2.3.4.5.6; Bz- m Ilisir13. Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 7 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 EXPOSURECOMPENSATION AEBSETTINGPROCESSING S6Of DISPLAY EXPOSURE COMPENSATION AEBSETTING SCREEN S602 No S613 OTHER PROCESSING S614 IS TOUCH-DOWN AREAN YES S615 MOVE EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ANAEGEEAg) CURSORTO AREACORRESPONDING AEBSETTING TO TOUCH-DOWN POSITION NO S616 PROCESSING S605 MOVE POSITION OF AEBCURSOR STOUCH-DOWN S6f 7 WITHMOVED POSITION OF EXPOSURE AREA AN EXPOSURE YES COMPENSATION CURSORASCENTER COPENSATIONBUTTON TOUC) TOUCHBUTTON 1 S63 || PROCESSING ISTOUCH-DOWN AREAAN AUTOBRACKETING YES S619 OPENCLOSETOUCH AUTOBRACKETING OPENCLOSE PROCESSING MOVE POSITION OF AEBCURSOR WITHMOVED POSITION OF EXPOSURE COMPENSATION CURSORASCENTER STORE EXPOSURE COMPENSATION VALUE S611 S612 ISPROCESSING INSTRUCTED TOEND YES C END D Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 8 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 FIG.7 AEBSETTING VALUE = O? NO YES DISPLAYAEBCENTER-VALUE CURSOR STOREAEBSETTING VALUE Y ES S712 AEBSETTING WALUEO NO YES SHORTENAEBCENTER-VALUE CURSORUPTO LENGTH OF EXPOSURE COMPENSATION CURSOR Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 9 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 FIG.8 ISTOUCH-ON NO AREAAN EXPOSURE COMPENSATION - TOUCHBUTTON EXPOSURE COMPENSATION VALUE MINIMUM NO ISTOUCH-ON AREA AN EXPOSURE COMPENSATION TOUCHBUTTON S808 EXPOSURE COMPENSATION VALUE MAXIMUM N O MOVE CURSOR OF EXPOSURE COMPENSATION VALUE TORIGHT BY 1 HASPREDETERMINEDTIMEELAPSED? YES Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 10 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 FIG.9 S901 NO STOUCH-ONAREA ACLOSETOUCHBUTTON YES S902 YES N O S903 CLOSEAEBWALUECURSORBY GRADUATION S904 S905 s Touchpads-YES S906 HASPREDETERMINEDTIMEELAPSED YES S907 NO STOUCH-ON AREAAN OPEN TOUCHBUTTON YES S908 YES Patent Application Publication Jul. 11, 2013 Sheet 11 of 11 US 2013/0179831 A1 FIG.10 S1 OO1 ACOURE EXPOSURE WALUE S 1 OO2 LIGHT METERING CALCULATION S1 OO3 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT S1 OO4 LENS DRIVE Sf OO5 IS SHOOTING START INSTRUCTED? AUTOBRACKETING NUMBER THE NUMBER OF SHOTS TO BE BRACKETED? N O RESET AUTOBRACKETING NUMBER TO O US 2013/0179831 A1 Jul. 11, 2013 MAGINGAPPARATUS AND METHOD FOR decrease the width when the touch detection unit detects a CONTROLLING THE SAME touch operation moving in a second direction opposite the first direction while keeping touching the setting area, and a BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION bracketing value setting unit configured to set the bracketing value based on the width. 0001 1. Field of the Invention 0009. According to an exemplary embodiment of the 0002 The present invention relates to an imaging appara present invention, the autobracketing value can be set with tus and a method for controlling the same. The present inven good operability using the touch panel. tion relates in particular to an imaging apparatus which sets a 0010 Further features and aspects of the present invention parameter of autobracketing using a touch panel, and a will become apparent from the following detailed description method for controlling the same. of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached 0003 2. Description of the Related Art drawings. 0004 Until now, there has been an imaging apparatus Such as a digital camera which is equipped with an autobracketing BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS function to acquire a plurality of captured images with slightly different settings in which a specific setting value is 0011. The accompanying drawings, which are incorpo automatically shifted from a reference value. There has also rated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate been an imaging apparatus having an exposure compensation exemplary embodiments, features, and aspects of the inven function in which a user compensates a correct exposure tion and, together with the description, serve to explain the value automatically set by the imaging apparatus. Further principles of the invention. more, an imaging apparatus combining the exposure compen 0012 FIG. 1 illustrates a appearance of an imaging appa sation and autobracketing functions has been proposed. Japa ratus (a digital single-lens reflex camera) according to an nese Patent Application Laid-OpenNo. 2010-45425 discuses exemplary embodiment of the present invention. a method for setting the exposure compensation and auto 0013 FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal bracketing values while the range of settable exposure values configuration of the imaging apparatus according to an exem is being confirmed in a case where the exposure compensa plary embodiment of the present invention. tion and autobracketing functions are combined. 0014 FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a 0005. In recent years, a touch panel has been widely used circuit configuration of the imaging apparatus according to an as an operation member of an imaging apparatus Such as a exemplary embodiment of the present invention. digital camera. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 0015 FIG. 4 is an example of an exposure compensation/ 2010-263264 discusses a method for performing various automatic exposure bracketing (AEB) setting screen in a case shooting settings such as an International Organization for where an input to a touch panel is turned on. Standardization (ISO) sensitivity, a flash emission method, a 0016 FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, 5F, and 5G illustrate white balance, an exposure compensation value, an exposure display variations of the exposure compensation/AEB setting time, and an aperture value by the operation on a touch panel. screen in a case where an input to a touch panel is turned on. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-263264 0017 FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating the processing in a discusses the increase and decrease of a setting value in case where touch operation is performed in an AEB touch response to touching any of increase and decrease buttons and aca. determination of setting in response to touching both the 0018 FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating the processing in a increase and decrease buttons at the same time. Furthermore, case where the touch operation is performed in an exposure Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-263264 compensation touch area. discusses a parameter setting apparatus capable of changing a 0019 FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating the processing in a parameter value roughly set by touching a touch panel by a case where the touch operation is performed on an exposure fine settable setting unit. compensation-touch button or an exposure compensation+ 0006. In the techniques discussed in the patent documents, touch button. however, a method for setting an autobracketing value with 0020 FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating the processing in a good operability using a touchpanel has not been Sufficiently case where the touch operation is performed on an AEB close considered. touch button or an AEB open touch button. 0021 FIG. 10 is a flow chart illustrating processing in SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION autobracketing shooting. 0007. The present invention is directed to an imaging apparatus which is capable of setting an autobracketing value DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS with good operability using a touch panel.