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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ishimaru, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus is attachable to and detachable from an accessory and configured to set a first mode, and a second mode that consumes power less than that of the first mode. The image pickup apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to control the accessory by communicating with the accessory, limit power supply to the accessory in a case where the accessory is in a first state in which the accessory is operated by the power supplied from the image pickup apparatus and the image pickup apparatus is set to the second mode, and lift a limitation on the power supply to the accessory in a case where the processor determines that a specific condition is satisfied.