Electronic apparatus, electronic apparatus control method and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsuto Noda, Shinga Nakashima, Akira Watanabe, Takazumi Seo, Kohei Uemura, Toshihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Toriumi
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus to which an external apparatus is detachably attachable includes a controlling unit configured to make a vibration device vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the electronic apparatus, the vibration device being provided on at least one of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus.
Claims17
A camera body to which an external apparatus which is at least one of a lens unit, a strobe unit, a microphone, a viewfinder unit, a tripod, and a jacket is detachably attachable, the camera body comprising:
- a vibration device provided on at least one of the camera body and the external apparatus;
- a detecting unit configured to output a detection signal indicating that the external apparatus is attached to the camera body;
- a vibration detecting unit configured to detect a vibration of the vibration device;
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- at least one processor or circuit which functions as a controlling unit configured to make the vibration device vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body,
- wherein when the detection signal is acquired, the controlling unit makes the vibration device vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body, the vibration parameter being acquired from management data relating to a vibration parameter of the vibration device,
- wherein when the management data does not store the vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body, the controlling unit makes the vibration device vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body, the vibration parameter being acquired by performing calibration that causes the vibration device to generate a vibration, and
- wherein in the calibration, the controlling unit causes the vibration device to vibrate at a plurality of frequencies and acquires the vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body based on a detection result that the vibration detecting unit acquires when the vibration device is caused to vibrate at each of the plurality of frequencies.
An electronic apparatus to which an external apparatus is detachably attachable comprising:
- a vibration detecting unit configured to detect vibrations of a plurality of vibration devices provided on at least one of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus;
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- at least one processor or circuit which functions as a controlling unit configured to make the plurality of vibration devices vibrate by using a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the electronic apparatus, and
- wherein the controlling unit controls calibration on vibration parameters for the plurality of vibration devices in order that a vibration amount of the vibration detecting unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
A control method of a camera body to which an external apparatus which is at least one of a lens unit, a strobe unit, a microphone, a viewfinder unit, a tripod, and a jacket is detachably attachable, the camera body including a vibration device provided on at least one of the camera body and the external apparatus and a vibration detecting unit configured to detect a vibration of the vibration device, the control method comprising steps of:
- acquiring a detection signal indicating that the external apparatus is attached to the camera body;
- acquiring a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body;
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- making the vibration device vibrate by using the vibration parameter,
- wherein when the detection signal is acquired, a vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body is acquired from management data relating to a vibration parameter of the vibration device, and the vibration device is made to vibrate,
- wherein when the management data does not store the vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body, a vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body is acquired by calibration that causes the vibration device to generate a vibration, and the vibration device is made to vibrate, and
- wherein in the calibration, the vibration device is caused to vibrate at a plurality of frequencies, and the vibration parameter corresponding to the type of the external apparatus to be attached to the camera body is acquired based on a detection result that the vibration detecting unit acquires when the vibration device is caused to vibrate at each of the plurality of frequencies.
A control method of an electronic apparatus to which an external apparatus is detachably attachable, the electronic apparatus including a vibration detecting unit configured to detect vibrations of a plurality of vibration devices provided on at least one of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus, the control method comprising steps of:
- acquiring a vibration parameter corresponding to a type of the external apparatus to be attached to the electronic apparatus;
- making the plurality of vibration devices vibrate by using the vibration parameter;
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- controlling calibration on vibration parameters for the plurality of vibration devices in order that a vibration amount of the vibration detecting unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.