Patent ID: 9473679
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging apparatus, to which a lens unit with an optical member is attached and which communicates with the lens unit to transmit a control signal for the optical member, the imaging apparatus comprising: at least one processor; at least one memory; a communication unit configured to communicate with the attached lens unit; an imaging unit configured to be able to capture an object image formed by the optical member of the attached lens unit; a lens information acquisition unit configured to acquire, via the communication unit, individual information of the attached lens unit; a determination unit configured to determine a communication method with the attached lens unit; and a reset instruction unit configured to instruct, via the communication unit, the attached lens unit to reset the optical member thereof, wherein the lens information acquisition unit acquires the individual information of the attached lens unit in a first communication method which does not use a signal corresponding to an imaging timing signal of an image sensor of the imaging apparatus, thereafter the reset instruction unit instructs to reset the optical member in a second communication method which uses a signal corresponding to an imaging timing signal of an image sensor of the imaging apparatus, and thereafter the lens information acquisition unit acquires, via the communication unit, optical correction data of the attached lens unit in the first communication method, and wherein at least one of the units is implemented upon execution of the instructions stored in the at least one memory by the at least one processor.