Patent ID: 9560286
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image capturing apparatus that includes an image capturing unit and captures an image of an object based on a set time, the image capturing apparatus comprising: a first state-changing unit that can change a state of a light emission unit to a first state in which the light emission unit emits a light corresponding to the image capturing unit capturing an image of an object, and to a second state in which electric power consumption decreases in comparison with consumption in the first state; a second state-changing unit that can change an operation state of the image capturing apparatus to a third state in which the image capturing unit captures an image of an object, and to a fourth state in which electric power consumption decreases in comparison with consumption in the third state; and a light emission determining unit configured to determine whether to cause the light emission unit to emit a light for a next image capture with the image capturing unit, wherein the first state-changing unit maintains the state of the light emission unit in the second state until the next image capture when the state of the light emission unit is in the second state and the light emission determining unit determines not to cause the light emission unit to emit a light, and wherein the second state-changing unit starts an operation for changing the operation state of the image capturing apparatus from the third state to the fourth state after a determination with the light emission determining unit when the operation state of the image capturing apparatus is in the third state and the light emission determining unit determines not to cause the light emission unit to emit a light, and then the second state-changing unit starts an operation for changing the operation state of the image capturing apparatus from the fourth state to the third state for the next image capture.