US 12,449,955 B2
Control apparatus that controls display of menus in accordance with input or a password, controlling method for control apparatus, and storage medium
Hayato Shirai, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/365,541.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-127039 (JP), filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053866 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus comprising:
a first display controller configured to display a plurality of selection areas on a display unit;
a locking unit configured to control the control apparatus in a locked state being a state controlled in such a way that a first menu screen corresponding to a first selection area is not displayed even in a case where the first selection area is selected from the plurality of selection areas;
a changing unit configured to change the state of the control apparatus from the locked state to a released state based on carrying out input of a predetermined password in the state where the control apparatus is controlled in the locked state, the released state being a state controlled in such a way that display of the first menu screen is enabled;
a second display controller configured to display a second menu screen corresponding to a second selection area being different from the first selection area on the display unit based on selection of the second selection area from the plurality of selection areas; and
a third display controller configured to display the first menu screen without carrying out the input of the predetermined password in a case where the second menu screen is displayed after changing the state of the control apparatus from the locked state to the released state and the first selection area is selected after displaying the second menu screen.