Patent ID: 9571715
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera control apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to perform control to execute a camera control function in response to a start of a single operation on an operation member and terminate execution of the camera control function in response to an end of the single operation which has continued from the start of the single operation; a time measuring unit configured to measure a time from the start of the single operation; and an output unit configured to output a notification about an operation method for continuously executing the camera control function using the operation member in response that the single operation which has continued from the start of the single operation ends before the time measured by said time measuring unit exceeds a predetermined time after the single operation starts, wherein the notification is not output prior to the end of the single operation, wherein, when the single operation ends before the time measured by said time measuring unit exceeds the predetermined time, the camera control function is executed in response to the start of the single operation, and is terminated in response to the end of the single operation, and then the notification, which indicates an operation method for continuously executing the terminated camera control function, is output.