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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Akira Senda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Senda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B013/00 ; H04N005/232 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens unit being connected to the camera unit and being selectively set either in a mode in which control is effected according to a control signal from the lens unit or in a mode in which control is effected according to a control signal from the camera unit, wherein when a signal for setting of mode is not input from the camera unit with a lapse of a predetermined time or more after power on of the power supply, a setting circuit sets the mode in which control is effected according to the control signal from the lens unit.