Communication apparatus wirelessly communicable with external apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiyuki Takagi
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus, and a control unit that controls the imaging apparatus with any one of a plurality of imaging modes using the imaging unit. The control unit controls the imaging unit based on content of a signal received from the external apparatus. The control unit enables transmission of information representing that communication via the communication unit is disconnectable to the external apparatus, based on the content of the received signal.
Claims10
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging device;
- one or more processors configured to perform the following operations:
- communicating, via a communication interface, with an external apparatus;
- and
- controlling the imaging apparatus to perform any one of a plurality of imaging modes using the imaging device,
- wherein the controlling controls the imaging device based on a signal received from the external apparatus,
- wherein, in a case where the received signal is a signal for causing the imaging apparatus to perform a first imaging operation, the controlling causes the imaging apparatus to perform the first imaging operation and enables transmission of information indicating that communication, via the communication interface, between the external apparatus and the imaging apparatus is disconnectable by the external apparatus, and
- wherein, in a case where the received signal is a signal for causing the imaging apparatus to perform a second imaging operation, the controlling causes the imaging apparatus to perform the second imaging operation and does not enable transmission of information indicating that communication, via the communication interface, between the external apparatus and the imaging apparatus is disconnectable by the external apparatus.
A control method for an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus including an imaging device and a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus, the control method comprising:
- controlling the imaging apparatus to perform any one of a plurality of imaging modes using the imaging device;
- controlling the imaging device based on a signal received from the external apparatus;
- in a case where the received signal is a signal for causing the imaging apparatus to perform a first imaging operation, causing the imaging apparatus to perform the first imaging operation and enabling transmission of information indicating that the communication, via the communication interface, between the external apparatus and the imaging apparatus is disconnectable by the external apparatus;
- and
- in a case where the received signal is a signal for causing the imaging apparatus to perform a second imaging operation, causing the imaging apparatus to perform the second imaging operation and not enabling transmission of information indicating that communication, via the communication interface, is disconnectable by the external apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing an imaging apparatus to execute a method, the imaging apparatus including an imaging device and a communication interface configured to communicate with an external apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling the imaging apparatus to perform any one of a plurality of imaging modes using the imaging device;
- controlling the imaging device based on a signal received from the external apparatus;
- and
- in a case where the received signal is a signal for causing the imaging apparatus to perform a first imaging operation, causing the imaging apparatus to perform the first imaging operation and enabling transmission of information indicating that the communication, via the communication interface, between the external apparatus and the imaging apparatus is disconnectable by the external apparatus;
- and
- in a case where the received signal is a signal for causing the imaging apparatus to perform a second imaging operation, causing the imaging apparatus to perform the second imaging operation and not enabling transmission of information indicating that communication, via the communication interface, is disconnectable by the external apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.