IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130182133A1
• Filed: 12/27/2012
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Tanabe, Akihiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,131,139 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

One of a plurality of image sensing modes is set, and an image sensing process including a plurality of processes is performed based on the set image sensing mode. Whether or not each of the plurality of processes is to be performed by an external apparatus is decided based on the set image sensing mode. Image data obtained by image sensing is transmitted to the external apparatus so that the decided process is performed by the external apparatus.

Claims

1. An image sensing apparatus comprising:

a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of image sensing modes;

an image sensing unit configured to perform an image sensing process based on the image sensing mode set by said setting unit, the image sensing processing including a plurality of processes;

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus; and

a determination unit configured to determine, based on the image sensing mode set by said setting unit, a process to be performed by the external apparatus out of the plurality of processes,

wherein said communication unit transmits image data obtained by said image sensing unit to the external apparatus so that the process determined by said determination unit is performed by the external apparatus.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a management unit configured to manage information indicating a process to be performed by the external apparatus out of the plurality of processes for each image sensing mode,

wherein said determination unit determines the process to be performed by the external apparatus based on the information managed by said management unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said determination unit determines the process to be performed by the external apparatus before the image sensing process by said image sensing unit is started.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a change unit configured to change the information managed by said management unit in accordance with a user operation.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case that said communication unit cannot communicate with the external apparatus, the plurality of processes are performed by said image sensing apparatus.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of processes include an image recognition process, and

in a case that a mode for capturing an image of a person is set, as the image sensing mode, by said setting unit, said determination unit determines the image recognition process as the process to be performed by the external apparatus.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said determination unit further determines a process to be performed by said image sensing apparatus out of the plurality of processes, and

in a case that a mode for capturing an image of a landscape is set as the image sensing mode by said setting unit, said determination unit determines the image recognition process as the process to be performed by the external apparatus.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit,

wherein said display unit displays the process determined to be performed by the external apparatus as a result of determination by said determination unit.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit,

wherein said determination unit further determines a process to be performed by said image sensing apparatus out of the plurality of processes, and

said display unit displays the process determined to performed on said image sensing apparatus as a result of determination by said determination unit.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the displaying by said display unit is performed before the image sensing process by said image sensing unit is started.

11. A control method of an image sensing apparatus, comprising:

setting one of a plurality of image sensing modes;

performing an image sensing process based on the set image sensing mode, the image sensing processing including a plurality of processes;

determining, based on the set image sensing mode, a process to be performed by an external apparatus out of the plurality of processes; and

transmitting image data obtained by image sensing to the external apparatus so that the determined process is performed by the external apparatus.

12. A recording medium recording a program for controlling a computer to execute respective operations of a control method of an image sensing apparatus of claim 11.