# US 2019/0174031 A1 · Electronic device configured to communicate with an external device regardless of whether the external device is attached to the electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174031 A1 - Document ID: US20190174031A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/272,202 - Filed: 2019-02-11 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-28 - Assignees: Nikon Corporation - Applicants: Nikon Corporation - Inventors: Kaoru YOSHINO; Hiroshi KASAI; Tomoyuki SASHIMA; Mayuko ITO; Kaori TSURUTA; Masakazu SEKIGUCHI; Hiroshi KAMEHARA; Yu MURAKOSHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174031A1 ## CPC - H04N 23/51: Housings - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - H04N 5/44: Receiver circuitry {for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards} (H04N5/14 takes precedence) - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - 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 23/651: {for reducing power consumption by affecting camera operations, e.g. sleep mode, hibernation mode or power off of selective parts of the camera} - H04N 23/66: Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices - H04N 23/661: Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet - H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes - H04N 23/69: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract To provide a user-friendly electronic device, the electronic device includes: a first unit including a first operation unit; a second unit attachable to/detachable from the first unit; and a control unit configured to make presentation of the first operation unit in a state where the first unit and the second unit are attached to each other different from presentation of the first operation unit in a state where the first unit and the second unit are detached from each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a communication unit that communicates with an external device; an image capture unit that obtains image data; a display unit that displays image data obtained by the external device or the image data obtained by the image capture unit; and an operation unit capable of controlling the external device or controlling the image capture unit, wherein the image capture unit is not controlled by the operation unit while the image data obtained by the external device is displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the image capture unit is not controlled by the operation unit while the external device can be controlled by the operation unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the image capture unit is controlled by the operation unit while the image data obtained by the image capture unit is displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit controls the external device through the communication unit to cause the external device to obtain image data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit does not display the image data obtained by the image capture unit while the external device can be controlled by the operation unit, and displays the image data obtained by the image capture unit while the image capture unit can be controlled by the operation unit. ### Claim 6 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising: communicating with an external device; obtaining image data by an image capture unit; displaying image data obtained by the external device or the image data obtained by the image capture unit on a display unit; and controlling the external device or controlling the image capture unit, wherein the controlling includes not controlling the image capture unit while the image data obtained by the external device is displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the controlling includes not controlling the image capture unit while the external device can be controlled by the operation unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the controlling includes controlling the image capture unit while the image data obtained by the image capture unit is displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the controlling includes controlling the external device through a communication unit to cause the external device to obtain image data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the displaying includes not displaying the image data obtained by the image capture unit while the external device can be controlled in the controlling, and displaying the image data obtained by the image capture unit while the image capture unit can be controlled in the controlling.