# US 11,029,916 B2 · Electronic device and control 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 11,029,916 B2 - Document ID: US11029916B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/787,995 - Filed: 2020-02-11 - Published: 2020-08-20 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-18 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tomokazu Mori; Yoshihiro Kobayashi; Akitaka Yoshizawa; Hitoshi Nishitani - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029916B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - H04R 3/12: for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)} - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters} - H04N 23/665: {involving internal camera communication with the image sensor, e.g. synchronising or multiplexing SSIS control signals} - H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes - H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles} - H04R 1/1041: {Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H)} - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H04R 2201/028: Structural combinations of loudspeakers with built-in power amplifiers, e.g. in the same acoustic enclosure (H04R2499/10 takes precedence; Single (sub)woofer with two or more satellite loudspeakers for mid- and high-frequency band reproduction driven via the (sub)woofer H04R2205/026) - H04R 2420/03: Connection circuits to selectively connect loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers - H04R 2420/05: Detection of connection of loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers - H04R 2499/11: Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's - H04R 2499/15: Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An electronic device includes an internal speaker, a connection unit configured to connect an external speaker, an operation unit configured to receive a user operation, and a control unit, wherein, in a case where the external speaker is connected via the connection unit in a state in which the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic sound, the control unit controls the operation unit to receive an instruction to change a setting for switching whether to output an electronic sound, and wherein, in a case where the external speaker is not connected via the connection unit in a state in which the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic sound, the control unit controls the operation unit not to receive an instruction to change a setting for switching whether to output an electronic sound. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: an internal speaker; a connection unit configured to connect an external speaker; an operation unit configured to receive a user operation; a control unit; and a display unit, wherein the control unit controls the display unit so as to display an item that makes a setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off and an item that makes a setting of silent mode selectable between on and off, wherein, in a case where the silent mode is set to be on via the operation unit, the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic shutter sound from the internal speaker, and, in addition, the control unit performs control so as to disable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off, wherein, in a case where the silent mode is set to be off via the operation unit, the internal speaker is controlled to be able to output an electronic shutter sound from the internal speaker, and, in addition, the control unit performs control so as to enable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off, and wherein, even in a case where the silent mode is set to be on via the operation unit, if the external speaker is connected via the connection unit, the control unit performs control so as to enable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, even in a case where the silent mode is set to be on via the operation unit, if the external speaker is connected via the connection unit, the control unit controls the connection unit to output an electronic shutter sound from the external speaker and controls the internal speaker not to output an electronic shutter sound. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where the external speaker is connected via the connection unit, the control unit controls the connection unit to output an electronic shutter sound from the connected external speaker, and wherein, in a case where the external speaker is disconnected via the connection unit, the control unit controls the internal speaker to output an electronic shutter sound. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where an electronic shutter sound is set not to be output by a user operation via the operation unit, the control unit controls the internal speaker and the external speaker not to output an electronic shutter sound. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an image capturing unit, wherein the control unit controls the image capturing unit not to generate a shutter sound in image capturing in a state in which the internal speaker is controlled not to output an electronic shutter sound, and wherein, in a case where the external speaker is connected via the connection unit in a state in which the image capturing unit is controlled not to generate a sound in image capturing, the connection unit is controlled to output an electronic shutter sound from the external speaker in response to image capturing by the image capturing unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit controls the image capturing unit to perform image capturing without using a mechanical shutter in a case where the silent mode is set to be on. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit does not execute light emission processing in image capturing by the image capturing unit in a case where the silent mode is set to be on. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the external speaker is a headphone or an earphone. ### Claim 9 A method for controlling an electronic device including an internal speaker, a connection unit configured to connect an external speaker, an operation unit configured to receive a user operation, and a display unit, the method comprising: controlling the display unit so as to display an item that makes a setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off and an item that makes a setting of silent mode selectable between on and off; in a case where the silent mode is set to be on via the operation unit, controlling the internal speaker not to output an electronic shutter sound from the internal speaker, and, in addition, performing control so as to disable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off; in a case where the silent mode is set to be off via the operation unit, controlling the internal speaker to be able to output an electronic shutter sound from the internal speaker, and, in addition, performing control so as to enable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off; and even in a case where the silent mode is set to be on via the operation unit, if the external speaker is connected via the connection unit, performing control so as to enable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing an electronic device including an internal speaker, a connection unit configured to connect an external speaker, and an operation unit configured to receive a user operation, and a display unit to execute a method, the method comprising: controlling the display unit so as to display an item that makes a setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off and an item that makes a setting of silent mode selectable between on and off; in a case where the silent mode is set to be on via the operation unit, controlling the internal speaker not to output an electronic shutter sound from the internal speaker, and, in addition, performing control so as to disable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off; in a case where the silent mode is set to be off via the operation unit, controlling the internal speaker to be able to output an electronic shutter sound from the internal speaker, and, in addition, performing control so as to enable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off; and even in a case where the silent mode is set to be on via the operation unit, if the external speaker is connected via the connection unit, performing control so as to enable the user to operate the item that makes the setting of shutter sound selectable between on and off. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where an instruction to set the silent mode off is received after receiving an instruction to set the silent mode on, the control unit performs control to (1) set the electronic shutter sound on if the setting of the electronic shutter sound that was set when the instruction to set the silent mode on was received is on and (2) set the electronic shutter sound off if the setting of the electronic shutter sound that was set when the instruction to set the silent mode on was received is off.