US 12,495,200 B2
Control apparatus, flashlight apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Souhei Miyamoto, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshiro Ichihara, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,959.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-172774 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147045 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/56 (2023.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus configured to control light emissions of a first light emitting unit and a second light emitting unit for each one or more flashlight apparatuses each of which includes the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit capable of emitting light for a longer time than the first light emitting unit, the control apparatus comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions to:
acquire information about a setting for causing the first light emitting unit to emit light;
simultaneously control light emissions of the second light emitting units using the information;
wirelessly communicate with the one or more flashlight apparatuses;
transmit an instruction to a corresponding flashlight apparatus to cause the second light emitting unit to emit light in a case where the setting is valid; and
transmit an instruction to the corresponding flashlight apparatus to cause the second light emitting unit not to emit the light in a case where the setting is invalid.