Image capturing apparatus, microphone apparatus, control method thereof, image capturing system, and storage medium

A microphone apparatus comprising:

• a microphone device configured to collect voice;
• at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
• a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit, to an image capturing apparatus, a video recording instruction that starts video recording of an image, wherein the video recording start signal that starts video recording is wirelessly transmitted in response to a user pressing of a voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• a reception unit configured to wirelessly receive, from the image capturing apparatus, a video recording start signal notifying a start of the video recording being performed on the video recording apparatus in response to the user pressing of the voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• a voice recording unit configured to perform voice recording of the voice collected by the microphone device, in response to the video recording start signal being received from the video recording apparatus.

An image capturing system comprising an image capturing apparatus and a microphone apparatus connected to be wirelessly communicable with each other, wherein

• the image capturing apparatus includes
• an image capturing device configured to capture an image;
• at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
• an acquisition unit configured to acquire a video recording instruction of the image captured by the image capturing device;
• a video recording unit configured to perform video recording of the image in response to the video recording instruction;
• and
• a control unit configured to control such that a video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording is wirelessly transmitted to at least one external microphone apparatus in response to the video recording instruction,
• wherein the video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording is wirelessly received from a microphone apparatus external to the image capturing apparatus in response to a user pressing of a voice recording button of the external microphone apparatus, and
• the microphone apparatus includes:
• a microphone device configured to collect voice;
• at least one processor or circuit configured to function as:
• a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the video recording start instruction that starts video recording of an image on the image capturing apparatus, wherein the video recording start signal that starts video recording is wirelessly transmitted in response to the user pressing of the voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• a reception unit configured to wirelessly receive the video recording start signal from the image capturing apparatus, notifying a start of the video recording being performed on the video recording apparatus in response to the user pressing of the voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• a voice recording unit configured to perform voice recording of the voice collected by the microphone device, in response to the video recording start signal being received from the video recording apparatus.

A control method of an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing device configured to capture an image, the method comprising:

• acquiring a video recording instruction of the image captured by the image capturing device;
• video recording of the image in response to the video recording instruction;
• and
• controlling such that a video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording is wirelessly transmitted to at least one external microphone apparatus in response to the video recording instruction,
• wherein the video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording is wirelessly received from a microphone apparatus external to the image capturing apparatus in response to a user pressing of a voice recording button of the external microphone apparatus.

A control method of a microphone apparatus comprising a microphone device configured to collect voice, the method comprising:

• wirelessly transmitting, to an image capturing apparatus, a video recording instruction that starts video recording of an image, wherein the video recording start signal that starts video recording is wirelessly transmitted in response to a user pressing of a voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• wirelessly receiving, from the image capturing apparatus, a video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording being performed on the video recording apparatus in response to the user pressing of the voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• and
• voice recording of the voice collected by the microphone device, in response to the video recording start signal being received from the video recording apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each process of a control method of an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing device configured to capture an image, the method comprising:

• acquiring a video recording instruction of the image captured by the image capturing device;
• video recording of the image in response to the video recording instruction;
• and
• controlling such that a video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording is wirelessly transmitted to at least one external microphone apparatus in response to the video recording instruction,
• wherein the video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording is wirelessly received from a microphone apparatus external to the image capturing apparatus in response to a user pressing of a voice recording button of the external microphone apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each process of a control method of a microphone apparatus comprising a microphone device configured to collect voice, the method comprising:

• wirelessly transmitting, to an image capturing apparatus, a video recording instruction that starts video recording of an image, wherein the video recording start signal that starts video recording is wirelessly transmitted in response to a user pressing of a voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• wirelessly receiving, from the image capturing apparatus, a video recording start signal notifying a start of video recording being performed on the video recording apparatus in response to the user pressing of the voice recording button of the microphone apparatus;
• and
• voice recording of the voice collected by the microphone device, in response to the video recording start signal being received from the video recording apparatus.