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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Takai, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinobu Okano, Shiraoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing system including an image capturing apparatus and an illumination apparatus further includes a first selection unit configured to select a first mode in which an amount of light emission of the illumination apparatus and an imaging sensitivity are automatically set, and a second mode in which the amount of light emission of and the imaging sensitivity are automatically set to be higher than in the first mode, a second selection unit configured to select a wireless communication mode in which a communication with one other different illumination apparatus is performed via a communication unit, and a non-communication mode in which a communication with any other different illumination apparatus is not performed, and a control unit configured to, in a case where one of the second mode and the wireless communication mode is selected, disable selection of the other one.