18905472. ACCESSORY AND ITS CONTROL METHOD (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
ACCESSORY AND ITS CONTROL METHOD
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HIDEYA Takanashi of Kanagawa JP
ACCESSORY AND ITS CONTROL METHOD
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18905472 titled 'ACCESSORY AND ITS CONTROL METHOD
Original Abstract Submitted
An accessory is detachably mounted between an interchangeable lens and an image pickup apparatus. The accessory includes a first aperture unit configured to adjust a light amount incident from the interchangeable lens, a communication unit configured to communicate with each of the interchangeable lens and the image pickup apparatus, and a processor configured to control the first aperture unit, and change a communication processing method with the interchangeable lens or the image pickup apparatus according to whether or not received information received via the communication unit is information regarding aperture control.