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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Tsutsui, Saitama, JP;
Fumiyuki Okawa, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a head portion including an image pickup device, and a connector portion integrally connected with the head portion via a cable. The head portion includes: an electronic shutter register configured to store a set value for controlling an image pickup device, among control data transmitted from the connector portion; and a communication circuit configured to, based on information indicating whether or not to transmit the set value for controlling the image pickup device, among the control data transmitted from the connector portion, to a register provided in the image pickup device, perform control of whether or not to transmit the set value stored in the electronic shutter register to the register provided in the image pickup device.