IP Library Granted Patent US 12,423,040
Granted Patent B2
US 12,423,040 · App. 18/527,718 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Control apparatus, image pickup system, control method, and storage medium

Inventors: Takashi Tada (Tochigi, JP); Yumiko Shinozuka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/14
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Patent No.
US 12,423,040
App. No.
18/527,718
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control apparatus is configured to communicate with an imaging unit including a display unit. The control apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to communicate with the imaging unit, generate display data for the display unit based on information about display ability of the display unit acquired through communication with the imaging unit, and transmit the display data for the display unit to the imaging unit.

Claims (40)

1. A control apparatus configured to communicate with an imaging unit including a display unit, the control apparatus comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

communicate with the imaging unit;

generate display data for the display unit based on:

information about an operation of the imaging unit acquired through communication with the imaging unit;

a function of the operation corresponding to the information about the operation; and

priority of the function of the operation;

determine the priority of the function based on an operating state of the imaging unit; and

transmit the display data for the display unit to the imaging unit.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the operation includes information indicating a position of the imaging unit.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the operation includes information about a function of the imaging unit.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the operation includes information about the operation state of the imaging unit.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the operation includes information about a setting of the imaging unit.

6. An image pickup system comprising:

the control apparatus according to claim 1 ; and

the imaging unit.

7. The image pickup system according to claim 6 , wherein:

the control apparatus is included in one of a lens apparatus, an image pickup apparatus, an operating apparatus, a display apparatus, or a video engineering apparatus, and

the imaging unit is included in another of the lens apparatus, the image pickup apparatus, the operating apparatus, the display apparatus, or the video engineering apparatus.

8. A control apparatus configured to communicate with an imaging unit including a display unit, the control apparatus comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

communicate with the imaging unit;

generate display data for the display unit based on:

information about an operation of the imaging unit acquired through communication with the imaging unit;

a function of the operation corresponding to the information about the operation; and

priority of the function of the operation;

determine the priority of the function based on an imaging state; and

transmit the display data for the display unit to the imaging unit.

9. The control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the operation includes information indicating a position of the imaging unit.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the operation includes information about a function of the imaging unit.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the operation includes information about an operation state of the imaging unit.

12. The control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the information about the operation includes information about a setting of the imaging unit.

13. An image pickup system comprising:

the control apparatus according to claim 8 ; and

the imaging unit.

14. The image pickup system according to claim 13 , wherein:

the control apparatus is included in one of a lens apparatus, an image pickup apparatus, an operating apparatus, a display apparatus, or a video engineering apparatus, and

the imaging unit is included in another of the lens apparatus, the image pickup apparatus, the operating apparatus, the display apparatus, or the video engineering apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2023
From: TADA, TAKASHI; SHINOZUKA, YUMIKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 065949/0907 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-196016 · Dec 8, 2022 · national
JP 2022-196018 · Dec 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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