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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Tomoyuki Terada, Toyonaka, JP;
Masayuki Ueyama, Takarazuka, JP;
Kazuhiro Shibatani, Sakai, JP;
Kentaro Iida, Ikoma, JP;
Tomoyuki Terada, Toyonaka, JP;
Masayuki Ueyama, Takarazuka, JP;
Kazuhiro Shibatani, Sakai, JP;
Kentaro Iida, Ikoma, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
When an image capturing apparatus and an operation apparatus become connected to each other, function information is transmitted from the image capturing apparatus to the operation apparatus. The operation apparatus can recognize the functions effective in the image capturing apparatus by receiving the function information from the image capturing apparatus. The operation apparatus compares the received function information with the functions that can be processed by the operation apparatus, and sets the protocol. The protocol includes ones that is associated with a moving image attribute associated with moving image data and that is associated with the shooting function of the image capturing apparatus. Then, the operation apparatus transmits protocol information to the image capturing apparatus. Thereafter, the image capturing apparatus and the operation apparatus perform data communication based on the protocol.