# US 10,771,687 B2 · Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,687 B2 - Document ID: US10771687B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/430,862 - Filed: 2019-06-04 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-07 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Masato Uchihara; Takayuki Hara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771687B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/64: {Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image} - H04N 23/633: {for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera} - H04N 23/665: {involving internal camera communication with the image sensor, e.g. synchronising or multiplexing SSIS control signals} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit, a first recording unit configured to record, in a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by continuous shooting performed by the image capturing unit, a second recording unit configured to record, in a recording medium, the images recorded in the temporary storage, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where a first operation and a second operation by a user are accepted when an image is being recorded in the recording medium, discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop a process of recording the image in the recording medium. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a first recording unit configured to record, in an image data storage area of a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by continuous shooting performed by the image capturing unit; a second recording unit configured to record, in a recording medium, image data recorded in the image data storage area of the temporary storage; and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where a first user operation and a second user operation are accepted while the second recording unit is performing a process of recording the image data in the recording medium, stop the process of recording the image data in the recording medium and clear the image data storage area of the temporary storage. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the first user operation is accepted, the control unit performs control to enable the second user operation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in a case where the second user operation is accepted after being enabled, the control unit performs control to stop the process of recording the image data in the recording medium and clear the image data storage area of the temporary storage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in a case where the first user operation is accepted and a free storage capacity of the image data storage area of the temporary storage is less than a threshold value, the control unit performs control to enable the second user operation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing unit starts continuous shooting in response to the first user operation after the control unit performs control to clear the image data storage area of the temporary storage. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the first user operation and a third user operation are accepted, the control unit performs control to stop the process of recording the image data in the recording medium, clear the image data storage area of the temporary storage, and delete image data corresponding to the continuous shooting recorded in the recording medium. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the first user operation and a fourth user operation are accepted, the control unit performs control to enable a user operation to change a setting and stop the process of recording the image data in the recording medium, and in a case where the user operation to change the setting is accepted, the control unit performs control to restart the process of recording the image data in the recording medium in response to the change in the setting. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a display control unit configured to, in response to accepting the first user operation, cause a display unit to display a message to inform the user that the image data recorded in the temporary storage will be discarded by the second user operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a display control unit configured to, in response to accepting the first user operation, cause a display unit to display a message to inform the user that a continuous shooting operation is able to start by the second user operation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first user operation is an operation of pressing down a shutter button. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the second user operation is an operation of pressing down a second button located on a back face of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first user operation is an operation of pressing down a shutter button, the second user operation is an operation of pressing down a second button located on a back face of the image capturing apparatus, and the third user operation is an operation of pressing down a third button disposed at a location farther away from the shutter button than the location of the second button. ### Claim 13 An image processing method comprising: recording, in an image data storage area of a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by a continuous shooting operation performed by an image capturing unit; recording image data recorded in the temporary storage into a recording medium; and performing control to, in a case where a first user operation and a second user operation are accepted during a process of recording the image data into the recording medium, stop the process of recording the image data into the recording medium and clear the image data storage area of the temporary storage. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an image processing method, the image processing method comprising: recording, in an image data storage area of a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by a continuous shooting operation performed by an image capturing unit; recording image data recorded in the temporary storage into a recording medium; and performing control to, in a case where a first user operation and a second user operation are accepted during a process of recording the image data into the recording medium, stop the process of recording the image data into the recording medium and clear the image data storage area of the temporary storage.