IP Library Granted Patent US 12,273,617
Granted Patent B2
US 12,273,617 · App. 18/545,367 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and medium for improving operability of a video camera using a remote controller

Inventors: Koji Nagahiro (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshihiro Otsuka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04N23/66G06F1/163G06F1/3206G09G5/00H04N7/185H04N23/60H04N23/632H04N23/633G06F2203/0384
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Patent No.
US 12,273,617
App. No.
18/545,367
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.

Claims (36)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:

communicating, via a communication unit of the information processing apparatus, with an image pickup apparatus via a first communication path of a plurality of communication paths, wherein the plurality of communication paths includes the first communication path and a second communication path; and

switching the information processing apparatus between a first communication state and a second communication state, wherein

the first communication state corresponds to a state in which a display screen of the information processing apparatus is configured to display an image transmitted by the image pickup apparatus via the first communication path, and not display an icon corresponding to a status of the image pickup apparatus, and

the second communication state corresponds to a state in which the display screen of the information processing apparatus is configured to display the icon corresponding to the status of the image pickup apparatus, and not display the image.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the second communication path includes a Bluetooth communication path.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication path includes a Wi-Fi communication path.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the icon is an icon corresponding to whether or not an instruction to one of start or stop recording processing is executable for the image pickup apparatus.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the icon is an icon capable of execution of an instruction to display the image on the display screen.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , further comprising controlling the display screen to display information on whether or not recording processing is being executed in the image pickup apparatus.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , further comprising switching the second communication state to the first communication state in a case where a user operation is detected.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , further comprising switching the second communication state to the first communication state in a case where the user operation is detected on the icon.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , further comprising switching the first communication state to the second communication state in a case where a user operation has not been detected for a specific time.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus is switched between the first communication state and the second communication state during capturing of the image by the image pickup apparatus.

11. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display screen; and

circuitry configured to:

communicate, via a communication unit of the information processing apparatus, with an image pickup apparatus via a first communication path of a plurality of communication paths, wherein the plurality of communication paths includes the first communication path and a second communication path; and

switch the information processing apparatus between a first communication state and a second communication state, wherein

the first communication state corresponds to a state in which the display screen of the information processing apparatus is configured to display an image transmitted by the image pickup apparatus via the first communication path, and not display an icon corresponding to a status of the image pickup apparatus, and

the second communication state corresponds to a state in which the display screen of the information processing apparatus is configured to display the icon corresponding to the status of the image pickup apparatus, and not display the image.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the second communication path includes a Bluetooth communication path.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first communication path includes a Wi-Fi communication path.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the icon is an icon corresponding to whether or not an instruction to one of start or stop a recording process is executable for the image pickup apparatus.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the icon is an icon capable of execution of an instruction to display the image on the display screen.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display information on whether or not a recording process is being executed in the image pickup apparatus.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to switch the second communication state to the first communication state in a case where a user operation is detected.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to switch the second communication state to the first communication state in a case where the user operation is detected on the icon.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to switch the first communication state to the second communication state in a case where a user operation has not been detected for a specific time.

20. A system, comprising:

an image pickup apparatus; and

an information processing apparatus that includes circuitry configured to:

communicate, via a communication unit of the information processing apparatus, with the image pickup apparatus via a first communication path of a plurality of communication paths, wherein the plurality of communication paths includes the first communication path and a second communication path; and

switch the information processing apparatus between a first communication state and a second communication state, wherein

the first communication state corresponds to a state in which a display screen of the information processing apparatus is configured to display an image transmitted by the image pickup apparatus via the first communication path, and not display an icon corresponding to a status of the image pickup apparatus, and

the second communication state corresponds to a state in which the display screen of the information processing apparatus is configured to display the icon corresponding to the status of the image pickup apparatus, and not display the image.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-249609 · Dec 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18066494 · Dec 15, 2022
Continuation 17447030 · Sep 7, 2021
Continuation 16914912 · Jun 29, 2020
Continuation 15781271
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