US 12,273,617 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and medium for improving operability of a video camera using a remote controller
Koji Nagahiro, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshihiro Otsuka, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/545,367.
Application 18/545,367 is a continuation of application No. 18/066,494, filed on Dec. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,924,544.
Application 18/066,494 is a continuation of application No. 17/447,030, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,588,965, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
Application 17/447,030 is a continuation of application No. 16/914,912, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,140,307, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Application 16/914,912 is a continuation of application No. 15/781,271, granted, now 10,721,385, issued on Jul. 21, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/082769, filed on Nov. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-249609 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121507 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 5/335 (2011.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/66 (2023.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/632 (2023.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01); G06F 2203/0384 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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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.