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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuta Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus that controls a light emitting apparatus, comprises a wireless communication unit that performs communication with the light emitting apparatus at predetermined intervals, a deciding unit that, upon receiving an instruction to cause the light emitting apparatus to emit light to perform shooting, obtains a remaining time before the image capturing apparatus performs exposure, and decides information regarding a period of time remaining before the light emitting apparatus emits light, based on the remaining time to exposure and a period of time from when the remaining time starts decreasing, to when the wireless communication unit performs a first wireless communication thereafter, and a control unit that performs control so that the decided information regarding the period of time is transmitted to the light emitting apparatus through the first wireless communication with the light emitting apparatus.