Photographing apparatus that sends an image to an external apparatus with a specific restriction to prevent a flaw

A photographing apparatus that sends an image to an external apparatus, the photographing apparatus comprising:

• a processor that:
• executes a first function that is a function other than sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus;
• executes a second function that is a function relating to sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus;
• and
• controls so as to allow exclusive execution of the first function and execution of the second function, in order to prevent a flaw from being caused by performing execution of the first function and execution of the second function in parallel,
• wherein the processor controls to restrict or release execution of the second function at a timing different from a timing at which it is necessary to prevent the flaw,
• wherein the first function is an image processing function,
• wherein the second function is an automatic sending function of an image executed in parallel with the image processing function, and
• wherein the flaw is heat generated by executing high-load image processing and communication processing in parallel.

A photographing apparatus that sends an image to an external apparatus, the photographing apparatus comprising:

• a processor that:
• executes a first function that is a function other than sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus;
• executes a second function that is a function relating to sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus;
• and
• controls so as to allow exclusive execution of the first function and execution of the second function, in order to prevent a flaw from being caused by performing execution of the first function and execution of the second function in parallel,
• wherein the processor controls to restrict or release execution of the second function at a timing different from a timing at which it is necessary to prevent the flaw,
• wherein the first function is a sound playback function,
• wherein the second function is an automatic sending function of an image executed in parallel with the sound playback function, and
• wherein the flaw is noise generation due to a specific frequency clock used for executing communication processing by the automatic sending function.

A sending control method executed in a photographing apparatus that sends an image to an external apparatus, the method comprising:

• a first processing of executing a first function in accordance with an instruction operation or setting, the first function being unrelated to sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus;
• a second processing of executing a second function other than the first function, the second function relating to sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus via communicating processing;
• when executing the first function, a control processing of outputting a request for prioritizing execution of the first processing over execution of the second processing, in order to prevent a flaw from being caused by performing execution of the first processing and execution of the second processing in parallel;
• and
• a release processing of releasing the request for prioritizing execution of the first processing when ending execution of the first processing,
• wherein the control processing performs control to determine whether the request for prioritizing execution of the first processing has been output, and prioritizes execution of the first processing over execution of the second processing when it is determined that the request for prioritizing execution of the first processing has been output.

A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer-readable program that enables a computer, which controls a photographing apparatus to send an image to an external apparatus, to execute:

• a communication execution function;
• a first execution function that executes a first function in accordance with an instruction operation or setting, the first function being unrelated to sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus;
• a second execution function that executes a second function other than the first function, the second function relating to sending from the photographing apparatus to the external apparatus via the communication execution function;
• a control function that, when performing execution of the first execution function, outputs a request for prioritizing execution of the first execution function over execution of the second execution function, in order to prevent a flaw from being caused by performing execution of the first execution function and execution of the second execution function in parallel;
• and
• a release execution processing of releasing the request for prioritizing execution of the first execution function when ending execution of the first execution function,
• wherein the control function performs control to determine whether the request for prioritizing execution of the first execution function has been output, and prioritizes execution of the first execution function over execution of the second execution function when it is determined that the request for prioritizing execution of the first execution function has been output.