Patent ID: 9282231
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A photographing apparatus comprising: a) an image capturing unit for generating an image signal from an obtained optical image of an object; b) a display unit configured to display at least one of an image or photographing apparatus information; c) an operation unit configured to receive manual user input instructions for controlling operations of the photographing apparatus; d) a signal transmitter/receiver unit configured to (i) transmit a signal to a display device external to the photographing apparatus in order to display the image on the display device, and (ii) receive a control signal for the photographing apparatus from the display device; e) a power source control unit configured to control power supplied to the display unit and the operation unit, wherein the power source control unit reduces the power supplied to at least one of the display unit or the operation unit responsive to the receipt of a control signal, from the display device, by the signal transmitter/receiver unit; and f) a control unit configured to control the image capturing unit, the signal transmitter/receiver unit, the display unit, and the operation unit, wherein the control signal received from the display device is based on a remote control command transmitted from an external remote-control device, and received by the display device, and the control signal is based on whether the external remote-control device is operated by a user, wherein while the power source control unit reduces the power supplied to at least one of the display unit or the operation unit, the control unit performs processing of switching of photographed images being transmitted by the signal transmitter/receiver unit in accordance with an operation of the external remote-control device based on the remote control command received by the display device, and wherein when the power source control unit reduces the power supplied to at least one of the display unit or the operation unit responsive to the receipt of a control signal, from the display device, by the signal transmitter/receiver unit, the power source control unit does so without turning off the power supplied to the photographing apparatus such that the control unit remains operable to perform processing in accordance with an operation of the external remote-control device based on the remote control command received by the display device even while the power supplied to the at least one of the display unit or the operation unit is reduced.