Image capturing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoshi Tokunaga
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus capable of controlling a communication device configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus, wherein in a case where a first shooting mode is set, the image capturing apparatus performs control to invalidate a communication function of the communication device in response to accepting a shooting preparation instruction or a shooting instruction, and, in a case where a second shooting mode is set, the image capturing apparatus performs control to invalidate the communication function of the communication device in response to shifting to the second shooting mode.
Claims15
An image capturing apparatus capable of controlling a communication device configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus, the image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a shooting mode setting unit configured to set a shooting mode, wherein the shooting mode includes a first shooting mode and a second shooting mode;
- an image capturing unit configured to shoot an object based on the shooting mode to obtain image data;
- a recording unit configured to record the image data obtained by the image capturing unit in a recording medium;
- an operation unit configured to accept a shooting preparation instruction or a shooting instruction from a user;
- and
- a control unit configured to control a communication function of the communication device,
- wherein, the image capturing unit starts shooting of an image in response to an operation of the operation unit in the first shooting mode,
- wherein, the image capturing unit starts shooting of an image without accepting the shooting preparation instruction or the shooting instruction through the operation unit in the second shooting mode,
- wherein, in a case that the first shooting mode is set by the shooting mode setting unit, the control unit performs control to invalidate the communication function of the communication device in response to accepting the shooting preparation instruction or the shooting instruction through the operation unit, and
- wherein, in a case that the second shooting mode is set by the shooting mode setting unit, the control unit performs control to invalidate the communication function of the communication device in response to shifting to the second shooting mode.
A control method for an image capturing apparatus capable of controlling a communication device configured to transmit image data to an external apparatus, the control method comprising:
- setting a shooting mode, wherein the shooting mode includes a first shooting mode and a second shooting mode;
- shooting an object based on the shooting mode to obtain image data;
- recording the image data obtained by the shooting in a recording medium;
- accepting a shooting preparation instruction or a shooting instruction from a user,
- wherein, shooting of an image starts in response to accepting the shooting preparation instruction or a shooting instruction in the first shooting mode,
- wherein, shooting of an image starts without accepting the shooting preparation instruction or the shooting instruction in the second shooting mode,
- wherein in a case that the first shooting mode is set, performing control to invalidate the communication function of the communication device in response to accepting the shooting preparation instruction or the shooting instruction;
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- wherein in a case that the second shooting mode is set, performing control to invalidate the communication function of the communication device in response to shifting to the second shooting mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.