Patent ID: 8964050
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus having a plurality of communication modes comprising: an image capturing unit adapted to capture an object image and obtain image data; and a control unit adapted to control said image capturing apparatus, wherein the plurality of communication modes include a host mode in which said image capturing apparatus is capable of communicating with a plurality of external devices and a client mode in which said image capturing apparatus is capable of communicating with one of the plurality of external devices and is incapable of simultaneously communicating with the plurality of external devices, and wherein said control unit is able to automatically switch said image capturing apparatus to the host mode, establishes communication with the plurality of external devices, which are in the client mode, in accordance with connection requests from the external devices which are in the client mode, and transmits image data to the external devices to which the communication is established in accordance with requests from the external devices to which the communication is established after an image capturing instruction is applied to said image capturing unit.