Patent ID: 11968338
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus that includes an operation panel including a display unit configured to display at least one input object corresponding to data input, the method comprising:
detecting a three-dimensional position of an object located within a predetermined distance in a vertical direction with respect to the display unit and that interacts with the display unit in a contactless manner;
determining the detected position of the object in relation to the at least one input object that is displayed on the display unit;
selecting, based on the detected position, one object from among a plurality of objects displayed on the display unit;
receiving an input, for determining an object, from a device different from the operation panel;
controlling to update the display by the display unit; and
controlling to execute, on a basis of the receipt of the input in a state in which the one object is being selected in the selecting, an instruction related to the selected one object.