CN-122002115-A - Control apparatus, image capturing system, control method, storage medium, and program product

Abstract

Provided are a control apparatus, an image pickup system, a control method, a storage medium, and a program product. The control device includes a control unit configured to determine whether to wirelessly connect a first lighting device or a second lighting device, and determine settings related to light emission for each of the first lighting device and the second lighting device according to a determination result of the wireless connection such that the settings for the first lighting device and the settings for the second lighting device are different from each other. The first lighting device and the second lighting device belong to different groups, and the control unit is configured to determine the settings for each group.

Inventors

• Shan Yuanyu

Assignees

• 佳能株式会社

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20251029

Priority Date

20241101

Claims (20)

1. 1. A control apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to: Determining whether the first lighting device or the second lighting device is wirelessly connected, and Determining respective lighting-related settings for the first lighting device and the second lighting device in accordance with a result of the determination of the wireless connection such that the settings for the first lighting device and the settings for the second lighting device are different from each other, Characterized in that the first lighting device and the second lighting device belong to different groups and the control unit is configured to determine the settings for each group.
2. 2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting includes a setting regarding at least one of a group related to light emission, an amount of light emission, a light emission mode, a color temperature, and a color.
3. 3. The control device according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit configured to display information related to the setting.
4. 4. A control device according to claim 3, characterized in that the display content of the display unit differs between the setting for the first lighting device and the setting for the second lighting device.
5. 5. The control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the display unit changes display content related to the setting for each group.
6. 6. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to perform, in accordance with a user selection, a first light emission process for emitting light at a light emission amount ratio determined for each of a plurality of lighting devices including one of the first lighting device and the second lighting device, or a second light emission process for emitting light at a light emission amount determined individually for each of the plurality of lighting devices.
7. 7. The control device according to claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to perform the second light-emitting process in a case where the first light-emitting process is selected by a user and the second lighting device is wirelessly connected.
8. 8. The control device of claim 1, wherein the first illumination device illuminates with a flash of light and the second illumination device illuminates with a steady light.
9. 9. The control device according to claim 1, characterized in that the control device is an illumination device that illuminates with a flash.
10. 10. The control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the control apparatus is attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus.
11. 11. The control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit is configured to prohibit the first illumination apparatus from emitting light in a case where the image pickup apparatus is in a moving image shooting mode.
12. 12. A control apparatus comprising: A control unit configured to determine a setting for a first lighting and a setting for a second lighting of a wireless connected lighting device such that the setting for the first lighting and the setting for the second lighting are different from each other.
13. 13. The control device of claim 12, wherein the control unit is configured to determine whether to set the first lighting or the second lighting according to whether the lighting device selects the first lighting or the second lighting.
14. 14. The control device according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the first illumination is illumination using a flash of light and the second illumination is illumination using a stable light.
15. 15. An image capturing system comprising: the control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11; An image pickup apparatus; The first lighting device, and The second lighting device.
16. 16. An image capturing system comprising: the control apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 14; Image pickup apparatus, and The lighting device.
17. 17. A control method, comprising: Determining whether the first lighting device or the second lighting device is wirelessly connected, and Determining respective lighting-related settings for the first lighting device and the second lighting device in accordance with a result of the determination of the wireless connection such that the settings for the first lighting device and the settings for the second lighting device are different from each other, Characterized in that the first lighting device and the second lighting device belong to different groups and are determined for each group.
18. 18. A control method, comprising: the method comprises determining a setting for a first lighting and a setting for a second lighting of a wireless connected lighting device such that the setting for the first lighting and the setting for the second lighting are different from each other.
19. 19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute the control method according to claim 17 or 18.
20. 20. A computer program product comprising a program that causes a computer to execute the control method according to claim 17 or 18.

Description

Control apparatus, image capturing system, control method, storage medium, and program product Technical Field Aspects of the present disclosure relate to one or more embodiments of a control apparatus, an image capturing system, a control method, and a storage medium. Background A conventional image pickup system (multi-light illumination apparatus control system) uses a plurality of illumination apparatuses capable of wireless communication to provide illumination during image pickup. Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2009-098296 discloses a method for quickly changing the settings of respective lighting devices and confirming the effect. The plurality of lighting devices in the multi-light lighting device control system may include different types of lighting devices, such as a lighting device that uses flash light to provide illumination and a lighting device that uses stable light (continuous light) to provide illumination, and the like. In order to provide appropriate illumination using a plurality of types of lighting devices, the light emission settings may be set appropriately for each type (group) of lighting devices. However, the method disclosed in japanese patent application laid-open No. 2009-098296 does not allow setting of appropriate light emission settings for respective types of lighting apparatuses. Disclosure of Invention A control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control unit configured to determine whether a first lighting device or a second lighting device is wirelessly connected, and determine respective lighting-related settings for the first lighting device and the second lighting device according to a determination result of the wireless connection such that the settings for the first lighting device and the settings for the second lighting device are different from each other. The first lighting device and the second lighting device belong to different groups, and the control unit is configured to determine the settings for each group. Alternatively, the control unit may determine a setting for a first lighting and a setting for a second lighting of a wireless connected lighting device such that the setting for the first lighting and the setting for the second lighting are different from each other. An image pickup system having the above control apparatus, a control method corresponding to the above control apparatus, and a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the above control method also constitute other aspects of the present disclosure. Features of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following description of the embodiments is described by way of example. Drawings Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an image pickup system according to the first, third, and fifth embodiments. Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the image pickup system according to the first, third, and fifth embodiments. Fig. 3A and 3B are exterior views of a lighting device according to various embodiments. Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of the transmitter illumination device according to the first embodiment. Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing wireless communication processing of the transmitter illumination device according to the first embodiment. Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of the flash lighting device according to the first embodiment. Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of the steady light illumination device according to the first embodiment. Fig. 8 is an external view of a wireless setting screen display of the transmitter illumination device according to the first embodiment. Fig. 9 is a block diagram of an image pickup system according to the second embodiment. Fig. 10A and 10B are external views of a lighting device according to a second embodiment. Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of the receiver lighting device according to the second embodiment. Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing wireless communication processing of the transmitter illumination device according to the third embodiment. Fig. 13A and 13B are external views of a wireless setting screen display of a transmitter illumination device according to the third embodiment. Fig. 14 is a flowchart showing wireless communication processing of the transmitter illumination device according to the fourth embodiment. Fig. 15 is a flowchart showing wireless communication processing of a transmitter illumination device according to the fifth embodiment. Fig. 16 is an external view of a wireless setting screen display of a transmitter illumination device according to the fifth embodiment. Detailed Description In the following, the term "unit" may refer to a software context, a hardware context or a combination of software and hardware contexts. In the context of software, the term "unit" refers to a functionality, an application, a software module, a function, a