Imaging apparatus, control device, and imaging system
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiro Shingu, Hironori Nakano
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus capable of communicating with an external control device and configured to capture a subject image formed via an optical member includes a communication interface and a controller, wherein the controller starts the driving of the optical member based on a first command received from the control device via the communication interface, and wherein when the communication interface receives from the control device a second command different from the first command before completion of driving control of the optical member, the controller updates a target position as a target of driving the optical member based on the second command.
Claims16
An imaging apparatus capable of communicating with an external control device and configured to capture a subject image formed via an optical member, the imaging apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive from the control device a command related to driving of the optical member;
- and
- a controller configured to control the driving of the optical member based on the command, wherein
- the controller starts the driving of the optical member based on a first command received from the control device via the communication interface, and wherein
- when the communication interface receives from the control device a second command different from the first command before completion of driving control of the optical member, the controller updates a target position as a target of driving the optical member based on the second command.
A control device capable of communicating with an imaging apparatus configured to capture a subject image formed via an optical member, the control device comprising:
- an operation member movable according to user operation;
- a controller configured to generate a command related to driving of the optical member according to a movement operation of the operation member;
- and
- a communication interface configured to transmit the command to the imaging apparatus, wherein
- when the movement operation of the operation member is started, the controller generates a first command for starting the driving of the optical member and then transmits the first command to the imaging apparatus via the communication interface, and wherein
- during the movement operation being continued, the controller generates a second command for updating a target position as a target of driving the optical member and then transmits the second command to the imaging apparatus via the communication interface.
An imaging system comprising:
- an imaging apparatus configured to capture a subject image formed via an optical member;
- and
- a control device capable of communicating with the imaging apparatus, wherein
- the imaging apparatus includes
- a first communication interface configured to receive a command related to driving of the optical member from the control device, and
- a first controller configured to control the driving of the optical member based on the command,
- the control device includes
- an operation member movable according to user operation,
- a second controller configured to generate the command according to a movement operation of the operation member, and
- a second communication interface configured to transmit the command to the imaging apparatus, wherein
- when the movement operation of the operation member is started, the second controller in the control device generates a first command for starting the driving of the optical member and then transmits the first command to the imaging apparatus via the second communication interface, wherein
- during the movement operation being continued, the second controller generates a second command for updating a target position as a target of driving the optical member and then transmits the second command to the imaging apparatus via the second communication interface, and
- the first controller in the imaging apparatus starts the driving of the optical member based on the first command received from the control device via the first communication interface, and updates the target position as the target of driving the optical member based on the second command different from the first command when the first communication interface receives the second command from the control device before the driving control of the optical member is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.