Imaging apparatus, control method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhiro Monden
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an element configured to capture an image of an object by an optical system, a first filter disposed closer to an object side than the optical system and configured to attenuate light entering the element, at least one processor, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that cause the at least one processor to set any of a first mode in which the apparatus performs imaging and a second mode in which the apparatus does not perform imaging but stands by, insert the first filter into an optical path of the element in a case where a mode is shifted from the first mode to the second mode, and remove the first filter from the optical path in a case where the mode is shifted from the second mode to the first mode.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- an element configured to capture an image of an object by an optical system;
- a filter configured to attenuate light entering the element;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- set any of a first mode in which the image captured by the apparatus is distributed to another apparatus and a second mode in which the image captured by the apparatus is not distributed to the other apparatus;
- and
- control the filter so that an attenuation rate of the light in the second mode is higher than an attenuation rate of the light in the first mode.
A method of controlling an apparatus, the apparatus including an element configured to capture an image of an object by an optical system and a filter configured to attenuate light entering the element, the method comprising:
- setting any of a first mode in which the image captured by the apparatus is distributed to another apparatus and a second mode in which the image captured by the apparatus is not distributed to the other apparatus;
- and
- controlling the filter so that an attenuation rate of the light in the second mode is higher than an attenuation rate of the light in the first mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an apparatus, the apparatus including an element configured to capture an image of an object by an optical system and a filter configured to attenuate light entering the element, the method comprising:
- setting any of a first mode in which the image captured by the apparatus is distributed to another apparatus and a second mode in which the image captured by the apparatus is not distributed to the other apparatus;
- and
- controlling the filter so that an attenuation rate of the light in the second mode is higher than an attenuation rate of the light in the first mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.