# US 2019/0379823 A1 · Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0379823 A1 - Document ID: US20190379823A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/430,862 - Filed: 2019-06-04 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-07 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Masato Uchihara; Takayuki Hara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190379823A1 ## CPC - H04N 23/64: {Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image} - H04N 23/633: {for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera} - H04N 23/665: {involving internal camera communication with the image sensor, e.g. synchronising or multiplexing SSIS control signals} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit, a first recording unit configured to record, in a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by continuous shooting performed by the image capturing unit, a second recording unit configured to record, in a recording medium, the images recorded in the temporary storage, and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where a first operation and a second operation by a user are accepted when an image is being recorded in the recording medium, discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop a process of recording the image in the recording medium. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit; a first recording unit configured to record, in a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by continuous shooting performed by the image capturing unit; a second recording unit configured to record, in a recording medium, the images recorded in the temporary storage; and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case where a first operation and a second operation by a user are accepted when an image is being recorded in the recording medium, discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop a process of recording the image in the recording medium. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the second operation is accepted when the first operation is being accepted, the control unit performs control to discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop the process of recording the image in the recording medium. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the first operation is accepted, the control unit performs control to discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and enable the second operation for stopping the recording of the image in the recording medium. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein in a case where the first operation is accepted and a free storage capacity of a recording area of the temporary storage is less than a threshold value, the control unit performs control to enable the second operation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing unit starts continuous shooting in response to the first operation after the images recorded in the temporary storage are discarded by the control unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the first operation and a third operation are accepted, the control unit performs control to discard the images recorded in the temporary storage, stop the process of recording the image in the recording medium, and delete the image recorded in the recording medium in the continuous shooting. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the first operation and a fourth operation are accepted, the control unit performs control to enable a user operation to change a setting and stop the process of recording the image in the recording medium, and in a case where the user operation to change the setting is accepted, the control unit performs control to restart the process of recording the image in the recording medium in response to the change in the setting. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a display control unit configured to, in response to accepting the first operation, cause a display unit to display a message to inform the user that the images recorded in the temporary storage are discarded by the second operation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a display control unit configured to, in response to accepting the first operation, cause a display unit to display a message to inform the user that a continuous shooting operation is able to start by the second operation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation is an operation of pressing down a shutter button. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the second operation is an operation of pressing down a second button disposed on a back face of the image capturing apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The image capturing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first operation is an operation of pressing down a shutter button, the second operation is an operation of pressing down a second button disposed on a back face of the image capturing apparatus, and the third operation is an operation of pressing down a third button disposed at a location farther away from the shutter button than the second button being away from the shutter button. ### Claim 13 An image processing method comprising: recording, in a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by a continuous shooting operation performed by an image capturing unit; recording the images recorded in the temporary storage into a recording medium; and performing control to, in a case where a first operation and a second operation by a user are accepted when an image is being recorded in the recording medium, discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop a process of recording the image in the recording medium. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an image processing method, the image processing method comprising: recording, in a temporary storage, a plurality of images obtained by a continuous shooting operation performed by an image capturing unit; recording the images recorded in the temporary storage into a recording medium; and performing control to, in a case where a first operation and a second operation by a user are accepted when an image is being recorded in the recording medium, discard the images recorded in the temporary storage and stop a process of recording the image in the recording medium. ### Claim 15 An image processing apparatus comprising: a first recording unit configured to record in a temporary storage a plurality of images obtained by continuous shooting performed by an image capturing unit; a second recording unit configured to successively record in a recording medium the images stored in the temporary storage; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image whose recording in the recording medium is not completed together with a live image captured by the image capturing unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The image processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the display control unit performs control to display the image whose recording in the recording medium is not completed and an immediate previous image whose recording in the storage medium is completed together with the live image. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The image processing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the display control unit performs control to display the image whose recording in the recording medium is not completed and an immediate previous image whose recording in the storage medium is completed in different display forms. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The image processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the display control unit performs control to display a plurality of images including an image whose recording in the recording medium is not completed and an image whose recording in the storage medium is completed together with the live image, display a first image whose recording in the recording medium is not completed in an in-processing image displaying area, in response to a completion of recording the first image in the recording medium, change a location of the first image so that the first image is displayed in a recorded-image displaying area adjacent to the in-processing image displaying area. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The image processing apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising a development unit configured to perform a development process on an image recorded in the temporary storage, wherein the display control unit performs control to display an image that is included in the plurality of images and that is in a state in which the development process on the image by the development unit is completed but recording of the image in the recording medium is not completed together with the live image. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The image processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the display control unit performs control to display a first image whose recording in the recording medium is not completed in an in-processing image displaying area, display a second image whose recording in the recording medium is completed in a recorded-image displaying area adjacent to the in-processing image displaying area, and in response to a completion of the development process on a second image next to the first image, display the first image in the recorded-image displaying area and display the second image in the in-processing image displaying area.