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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Teruyuki Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiro Ichihara, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 7/17 (2014.01); G03B 15/05 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G03B 7/17 (2015.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/23209 (2013.01); G03B 2206/00 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0521 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
To enable light emission shooting according to the condition of an imaging apparatus, an imaging system, which includes an illumination device capable of automatically driving a movable portion including a light emission unit to change a radiation direction of the light emission unit and an imaging apparatus, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information classifying a lens unit attached to the imaging apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the radiation direction of the light emission unit based on the information classifying the lens unit acquired by the acquisition unit.