US 11,696,019 B2
Accessory and electronic apparatus
Sho Miyazaki, Kanagawa (JP); and Kei Tohyama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,510.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-072950 (JP), filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0345639 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/633 (2023.01) [H04N 23/531 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory detachably attachable to an electronic apparatus including a display, the accessory comprising:
a communication unit configured to include a plurality of terminals and communicate with the electronic apparatus,
wherein if a predetermined operation is performed on the accessory after the communication unit transmits information indicating a type of the accessory to the electronic apparatus, the communication unit transmits, to the electronic apparatus, a first signal indicating a communication request via a first terminal among the plurality of terminals, and in response to a signal received after transmitting the first signal, the communication unit transmits, to the electronic apparatus, a second signal indicating a request for causing the display to display a setting image related to the accessory via a second terminal among the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being different from the first terminal.