Cleaning apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShoma Mizutani
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Abstract
A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element, comprises an attachment to which a detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached, a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus, a cleaning unit configured to clean the detection surface of the detection element, and a control unit configured to control a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit. When cleaning by the cleaning unit, the control unit controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit.
Claims25
A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element, the apparatus comprising:
- an attachment to which a detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus,
- a cleaning unit configured to clean the detection surface of the detection element;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit,
- wherein when cleaning by the cleaning unit, the control unit controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit.
A detection apparatus including a detection element, the apparatus comprising:
- a driving unit capable of moving the position of the detection element;
- an attachment that can be attached to a cleaning apparatus;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with the cleaning apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the driving unit,
- wherein the control unit controls the driving unit by communicating with the cleaning apparatus through the communication unit in a state where the detection apparatus is attached to the cleaning apparatus by the attachment.
A system comprising a cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element and a detection apparatus including the detection element,
- wherein the cleaning apparatus includes:
- an attachment to which the detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus;
- a cleaning unit configured to clean the detection surface of the detection element;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit,
- wherein when cleaning by the cleaning unit, the control unit controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit, and
- wherein the detection apparatus includes:
- a driving unit capable of moving the position of the detection element;
- an attachment that can be attached to a cleaning apparatus;
- a communication unit configured to communicate with the cleaning apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the driving unit,
- wherein the control unit controls the driving unit by communicating with the cleaning apparatus through the communication unit in a state where the detection apparatus is attached to the cleaning apparatus by the attachment.
A method of controlling a cleaning apparatus, the cleaning apparatus including a cleaning unit configured to clean a detection surface of a detection element, an attachment to which a detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached, and a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit,
- wherein when cleaning by the cleaning unit, the controlling controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit.
A method of controlling a detection apparatus, the detection apparatus including a detection element, a driving unit configured to drive the detection element, an attachment that can be attached to a cleaning apparatus, and a communication unit configured to communicate with the cleaning apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling the driving unit,
- wherein in the controlling, the driving unit is controlled by communicating with the cleaning apparatus through the communication unit in a state where the detection apparatus is attached to the cleaning apparatus by the attachment.
An image capture apparatus comprising:
- a driving unit capable of moving the position of an image sensor;
- a setting unit configured to switch to one of a plurality of operating modes including a cleaning mode for cleaning the image sensor;
- and
- a control unit configured to, in the cleaning mode, control the driving unit to move the position of the image sensor so that an optical axis center of the image sensor shifts in a direction away from an optical center of a lens.
A method of controlling an image capture apparatus, the image capture apparatus including a driving unit capable of moving the position of an image sensor and a setting unit configured to switch to one of a plurality of operating modes including a cleaning mode for cleaning the image sensor, the method comprising:
- controlling, in the cleaning mode, the driving unit to move the position of the image sensor so that an optical axis center of the image sensor shifts in a direction away from an optical center of a lens.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a cleaning apparatus, the cleaning apparatus including a cleaning unit configured to clean a detection surface of a detection element, an attachment to which a detection apparatus including the detection element can be attached, and a communication unit configured to communicate with the detection apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling a driving unit of the detection element included in the detection apparatus through the communication unit,
- wherein when cleaning by the cleaning unit, the controlling controls the position of the detection element by driving the driving unit through the communication unit.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a detection apparatus, the detection apparatus including a detection element, a driving unit configured to drive the detection element, an attachment that can be attached to a cleaning apparatus, and a communication unit configured to communicate with the cleaning apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling the driving unit,
- wherein in the controlling, the driving unit is controlled by communicating with the cleaning apparatus through the communication unit in a state where the detection apparatus is attached to the cleaning apparatus by the attachment.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an image capture apparatus, the image capture apparatus including a driving unit capable of moving the position of an image sensor and a setting unit configured to switch to one of a plurality of operating modes including a cleaning mode for cleaning the image sensor, the method comprising:
- controlling, in the cleaning mode, the driving unit to move the position of the image sensor so that an optical axis center of the image sensor shifts in a direction away from an optical center of a lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.