Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Toru Kohno

Takayuki Shu

Yuhei Hattori

A light control system including an image capturing apparatus having an image capturing section for acquiring an image of an object, a lighting device having a light emitting section, and a light control device. The image capturing apparatus includes a communication section that communicates with the lighting device and the light control device, and a controller that detects at least one information of an object luminance, a shadow contrast value, and an outline contrast value, from the acquired object image. The lighting device includes a communication section that communicates with the image capturing apparatus, and a controller that sets a light amount of the light emitting section. The light control device includes a communication section that communicates with the image capturing apparatus, and a controller that performs light control of the lighting device according to the detected information and a role of the lighting device.

Light control device that performs light control of lighting device, light control system, and control method

An accessory includes a plurality of communication contacts that includes a first contact, and a control unit that notifies an electronic apparatus of a communication request by changing a signal level of the first contact from a first signal level to a second signal level different from the first signal level, and transmits information indicating a communication factor in response to a reception of a request for the information indicating the communication factor in response to a notification of the communication request. In a case where the control unit notifies the electronic apparatus of the communication request via the first contact in response to a start of a power supply, the control unit performs predetermined communication without receiving the request for the information indicating the communication factor or transmitting the information indicating the communication factor.

Electronic apparatus and its control method, and accessory and its control method

In a first communication mode, a control unit controls a signal level of one contact based on a first command received from an imaging apparatus via another contact and a signal level indicated by an accessory device via yet another contact. In a second communication mode, the control unit receives a second command indicating the second communication mode and data via another contact. After the reception, the control unit transmits the data via still another contact. The control unit controls communication in the second communication mode based on the signal level of the one contact and the second command.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Toru Kohno