US 12,439,155 B2
Display control apparatus and control method
Yasuhiro Kuwabara, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,145.
Application 17/815,145 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/000616, filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-012905 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368838 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/675 (2023.01) [H04N 23/635 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A display control apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the at least one processor to function as:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about an in-focus position on a live view image; and
a display control unit configured to perform control to display an item indicating the in-focus position on the live view image, based on the acquired information,
wherein the display control unit performs control to display a first item at a first in-focus position at which focus is continuously achieved, in a display form having higher visibility than in a display form of a second item to be displayed at a second in-focus position at which focus is not achieved at least last time, and
wherein display control unit superimposes an auto focus (AF) frame with a percent of transmittance, and
wherein the percent of transmittance depends on whether or not the in-focus position is achieved at least the last time.