Image capture apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHIROKI MARUTA
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Abstract
An image capture apparatus capable of performing sensor cleaning for removing an unwanted object on an image capture plane of an image sensor is disclosed. The apparatus detects occurrence of an event accompanied by turning off a power. In a case where setting has been made such that the sensor cleaning is to be automatically performed when the power is turned off, if the event is a restart event, the apparatus performs restart processing without performing the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off, and if the event is not the restart event, the apparatus performs the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off.
Claims10
An image capture apparatus capable of performing sensor cleaning for removing an unwanted object on an image capture plane of an image sensor, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors that execute a program stored in a memory and thereby function as:
- a detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event accompanied by turning off a power, and
- a control unit configured to control the image capture apparatus,
- wherein, in a case where setting has been made such that the sensor cleaning is to be automatically performed when the power is turned off:
- if the event is a restart event, the control unit controls the image capture apparatus to perform restart processing without performing the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off, and
- if the event is not the restart event, the control unit controls the image capture apparatus to perform the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off.
A control method that is performed by an image capture apparatus capable of performing sensor cleaning for removing an unwanted object on an image capture plane of an image sensor, the method comprising:
- detecting occurrence of an event accompanied by turning off a power;
- and
- in a case where setting has been made such that the sensor cleaning is to be automatically performed when the power is turned off:
- if the event is a restart event, controlling the image capture apparatus to perform restart processing without performing the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off, and
- if the event is not the restart event, controlling the image capture apparatus to perform the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program, when executed by a computer of an image capture apparatus capable of performing sensor cleaning for removing an unwanted object on an image capture plane of an image sensor, causes the computer to perform a control method comprising:
- detecting occurrence of an event accompanied by turning off a power;
- and
- in a case where setting has been made such that the sensor cleaning is to be automatically performed when the power is turned off:
- if the event is a restart event, controlling the image capture apparatus to perform restart processing without performing the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off, and
- if the event is not the restart event, controlling the image capture apparatus to perform the sensor cleaning when the power is turned off.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.