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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideya Takanashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 17/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2013.01); G03B 17/14 (2013.01); H04N 5/23209 (2013.01); G03B 2206/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an imaging apparatus including a reset instruction unit configured to instruct a lens unit to reset an optical member thereof, a first communication system is used for communication for acquiring individual information of the lens unit, and a second communication system different from the first communication system is used for communication for instructing the lens unit to reset an optical member by a reset instruction unit.