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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image device connected to an external device via a first communication interface and a second communication interface different from the first communication interface, the image device including an image capturing unit that captures an image in response to a shooting instruction, a sharing unit that shares a communication parameter used for connecting the image device to the external device via the first communication interface with the external device via the second communication interface with the external device, a connection unit that connects the image device to the external device via the first communication interface using the communication parameter shared using the sharing unit, and a control unit that controls the sharing unit to start a process for sharing the communication parameter with the external device using the second communication interface according to the shooting instruction.