Battery-operable electronic apparatus and method for controlling the same that effectively use information on battery usage
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKentaro Tanaka
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus generates authentication data including information representing a time when authentication processing for identifying whether or not a battery in use is a genuine product is performed, and information representing a result of the authentication processing. Then, the electronic apparatus generates an image file that includes the authentication data based on image data obtained by shooting, and records the generated image file in at least one of a recording medium that is removable from the electronic apparatus and an external device with which the electronic apparatus is communicable.
Claims10
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the electronic apparatus to:
- output image data in response to a shooting instruction;
- perform authentication process for identifying whether or not a battery that is used in the electronic apparatus is a genuine product;
- generate authentication data that includes information representing a time when the authentication processing is performed, and information representing a result of the authentication processing;
- generate an image file based on the output image data;
- and
- record the image file in at least one of a recording medium that is removable from the electronic apparatus and an external device with which the electronic apparatus is communicable,
- wherein the authentication data is stored into the image file.
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including an image capture unit configured to output image data in response to a shooting instruction, comprising:
- performing authentication processing for identifying whether or not a battery that is used in the electronic apparatus is a genuine product;
- generating authentication data that includes information representing a time when the authentication processing is performed, and information representing a result of the authentication processing;
- generating an image file based on the image data that was output by the image capture unit;
- and
- recording the image file in at least one of a recording medium that is removable from the electronic apparatus and an external device with which the electronic apparatus is communicable,
- wherein, in the generating the image file, the authentication data is stored into the image file.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer having an image capture unit configured to output image data in response to a shooting instruction to:
- perform authentication processing for identifying whether or not a battery that is used in the electronic apparatus is a genuine product;
- generate authentication data that includes information representing a time when the authentication processing is performed, and information representing a result of the authentication processing;
- generate an image file based on the image data that was output by the image capture unit;
- and
- record the image file in at least one of a recording medium that is removable from the electronic apparatus and an external device with which the electronic apparatus is communicable,
- wherein the authentication data is stored into the image file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.