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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
Saori Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a camera which can prevent interruption of the communication operations caused by shortage of battery capacity, during the communication between the camera and an external device such as a personal computer or the like, and which does not require an external power supply during the communication. That is, the present invention relates to a camera which has a built-in power supply, which is capable of making communication with the external device via the communication contact, and which has a body control circuit for detecting whether the external device is connected or not and selecting any one of the built-in power supply and a power supply of the external device in accordance with the result of the detection to supply the power to circuits of the camera.