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Image sensing apparatus and control method of said apparatus

  • US 20040165105A1
  • Filed: 02/24/2004
  • Published: 08/26/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image sensing apparatus for capturing an image of object by an image sensing element, comprising:

  • power supply unit configured to supply an electric power to the image sensing apparatus;

    detection unit configured to detect an electric power supplied from said power supply unit;

    designation unit configured to designate a shift to a cleaning mode to remove a foreign substance in a neighborhood of and on a photoreceptive surface of the image sensing element; and

    warning issuance unit configured to issue a warning in a case where the electric power detected by said detection unit declines to a first predetermined value or less during execution of the cleaning mode designated by said designation unit.

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