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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kaori Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/08 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); G02B 7/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/23209 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); G02B 7/102 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interchangeable-lens image capture apparatus receives, from an external device, a command to control a zoom adapter for mechanically driving a zoom mechanism in an interchangeable lens from outside the interchangeable lens. The image capture apparatus then transmits the received command to the zoom adapter through the interchangeable lens. A zoom operation can be remotely performed from the external device on a manual zoom lens attached to the interchangeable-lens image capture apparatus, which has a function of communicating with the external device.