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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Ueda, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera is operable while a plurality of accessory apparatuses are connected to the camera. The camera perform first communication for simultaneous communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses using a data communication channel, and second communication for individual communication with a specific accessory apparatus among the plurality of accessory apparatuses using the data communication channel. In performing the second communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses by switching between specific accessory apparatuses in a predetermined order within one or more communication periods, at least one of the communication period, a communication speed, a data packet number, a data packet length, and a combination and order of a communication source and a communication destination to be communicated for each communication period is determined based on accessory information acquired from the plurality of accessory apparatuses.