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Granted Patent B2
US 10,230,893 · App. 15/374,024 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Lens apparatus and image capturing apparatus

Inventor: Naoki Saito (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N5/23225G02B7/14H04N5/2254H04N5/23209
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Patent No.
US 10,230,893
App. No.
15/374,024
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens apparatus is attachable to and detachable from an image capturing apparatus and configured to communicate with the image capturing apparatus. An accessory is attachable to and detachable from the lens apparatus and configured to communicate with the lens apparatus. The lens apparatus includes a determiner configured to determine whether update data is used for the lens apparatus or the accessory, the update data being transmittable from the image capturing apparatus and used to update stored data stored in the lens apparatus or the accessory, and a controller configured to transmit the update data to the accessory received from the image capturing apparatus when the determiner determines that the update data is used for the accessory.

Claims (6)

1. A lens apparatus attachable to and detachable from an image capturing apparatus and configured to communicate with the image capturing apparatus and an accessory being attachable to and detachable from the lens apparatus, the lens apparatus comprising:

a determiner configured to determine whether update data is used for the lens apparatus or the accessory, the update data being transmittable from the image capturing apparatus and used to update stored data stored in the lens apparatus or the accessory; and

a controller configured to transmit the update data, to the accessory, received from the image capturing apparatus when the determiner determines that the update data is used for the accessory.

2. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determiner receives, from the image capturing apparatus, confirmation information used to determine whether the update data is used for the lens apparatus or the accessory, and determines, based on the confirmation information, whether the update data is used for the lens apparatus or the accessory.

3. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determiner determines whether the update data is used for the lens apparatus or the accessory, based on data identification information that is information contained in the update data and indicates that the update information is used for the lens apparatus or the accessory.

4. The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller receives updatable data information indicating the update date updatable among the stored data stored in the accessory, and transmits the updatable data information to the image capturing apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: SAITO, NAOKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 041468/0462 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-246312 · Dec 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170180638A1 · Jun 22, 2017