US 12,035,051 B2
Imaging system and control method
Kanako Yana, Tokyo (JP); Kazuyuki Shibata, Tokyo (JP); Katsunari Oda, Tokyo (JP); Jumpei Kimura, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Takagi, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroaki Minami, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/756,924
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/044798
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124883, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-226863 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408007 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 15/05 (2021.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/663 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/74 (2023.01) [G03B 15/05 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/663 (2023.01); G03B 2215/0557 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system, comprising:
an external flash including a first communication unit, a first display unit, and a first operation unit; and
an imaging device including a second communication unit, a second display unit, and a second operation unit, wherein the imaging device is configured to:
transmit and receive first setting information of the external flash between the first communication unit and the second communication unit;
control the second display unit to display a first setting screen to be used for setting a first setting item of a plurality of setting items of the external flash, wherein the first setting screen hides at least one setting item of the plurality of setting items; and
transmit the first setting information, changed by an operation on the second operation unit, to the external flash via the first communication unit and the second communication unit, wherein a setting for the external flash to be applied is based on the transmitted first setting information.