US 12,425,728 B2
Image pickup apparatus, accessory apparatus, and communication control method
Koji Okada, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,514.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-083899 (JP), filed on May 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379576 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/662 (2023.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image pickup apparatus that is operable while a plurality of accessory apparatuses are connected to the image pickup apparatus, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions to:
control communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses,
perform a first communication for simultaneous communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses using a first channel, and a second communication for individual communication using the first channel with a specific accessory apparatus among the plurality of accessory apparatuses, and
select a first communication method which is the individual communication using the first channel by switching between specific accessory apparatuses in a predetermined order in the second communication.