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US 8,264,597 B2Granted
Image pickup apparatus that enables shooting with light emission device, and control method therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKei Tohyama
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKei Tohyama
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An image pickup apparatus that enables shooting with a light emission device. An image pickup unit accumulates electric charge corresponding to an incident light. A mechanical shutter runs from an impervious position that blocks the incident light to the image pickup unit to a pervious position. An accumulation control unit controls a start timing of the accumulation of electric charge by the image pickup unit. A determination unit determines whether a communication with the light emission device is possible. A control unit controls the mechanical shutter to start running from the impervious position to the pervious position before the determination unit determines that the communication with the light emission device is possible, and controls the accumulation control unit to start accumulation of electric charge after the determination unit determines that the communication with the light emission device is possible, when shooting with the light emission device.
An image pickup apparatus that enables shooting with a light emission device comprising:
A control method for an image pickup apparatus that enables shooting with a light emission device and that includes an image pickup unit configured to accumulate electric charge corresponding to an incident light, a mechanical shutter configured to run from an impervious position that blocks the incident light to said image pickup unit to a pervious position, and an accumulation control unit configured to control a start timing of the accumulation of electric charge by said image pickup unit, the control method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.