Accessory and electronic apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSho Miyazaki, Kei Tohyama
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Abstract
An accessory is detachably attachable to an electronic apparatus including a display. The accessory includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus and an operation unit. If an operation is performed on the operation unit after the communication unit transmits information indicating a type of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, the communication unit transmits, to the electronic apparatus, a request for causing the display to display a setting image related to the accessory.
Claims16
An accessory detachably attachable to an electronic apparatus including a display, the accessory comprising:
- a communication unit configured to include a plurality of terminals and communicate with the electronic apparatus,
- wherein if a predetermined operation is performed on the accessory after the communication unit transmits information indicating a type of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, the communication unit transmits, to the electronic apparatus, a first signal indicating a communication request via a first terminal among the plurality of terminals, and in response to a signal received after transmitting the first signal, the communication unit transmits, to the electronic apparatus, a second signal indicating a request for causing the display to display a setting image related to the accessory via a second terminal among the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being different from the first terminal.
An electronic apparatus to which an accessory is detachably attachable, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit capable of communicating with the accessory;
- and
- a display configured to display a setting image related to the accessory,
- wherein the communication unit includes a plurality of terminals, and
- wherein if, after receiving information indicating a type of the accessory, the communication unit receives a first signal indicating a communication request via a first terminal among the plurality of terminals and receives a second signal indicating a request for causing the display to display the setting image via a second terminal among the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being different from the first terminal, the display displays the setting image.
An accessory detachably attachable to an electronic apparatus including a display, the accessory comprising:
- a communication unit configured to include a plurality of terminals and communicate with the electronic apparatus;
- an operation unit configured to include a member used for operating the accessory;
- and
- an accessory-side display,
- wherein if an operation is performed on the operation unit after the communication unit transmits information indicating a type of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, the communication unit transmits, to the electronic apparatus, a request for causing the display to display a setting image related to the accessory, wherein the operation unit is operated for causing execution of a different function that is different from a function of causing transmission of the request for causing the display to display the setting image, and
- wherein in a case where a predetermined image is displayed on the accessory-side display, the communication unit transmits the request for causing the display to display the setting image if the operation is performed on the operation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.