Patent ID: 7969471

Claim:
A control apparatus connected to an image capture apparatus via one of a first interface unit and a second interface unit, wherein the second interface unit is different from the first interface unit, and the image capture apparatus has the first interface unit and the second interface unit, the control apparatus comprising: a network interface unit configured to receive a third command which designates a communication mode of the image capture apparatus from a remote control apparatus, the network interface unit being different from both the first interface unit and the second interface unit; a command conversion unit configured (a) to convert the received third command into a first command for changing a communication mode of the image capture apparatus to the communication mode designated by the received third command if a communication mode of the image capture apparatus is not the same as the communication mode designated by the received third command and the first interface unit is used for communication between the image capture apparatus and the control apparatus, (b) to convert the received third command into a second command for changing a communication mode of the image capture apparatus to the communication mode designated by the received third command if a communication mode of the image capture apparatus is not the same as the communication mode designated by the received third command and the second interface unit is used for communication between the image capture apparatus and the control apparatus, and (c) not to convert the received third command into either the first command or the second command if a communication mode of the image capture apparatus is the same as the communication mode designated by the received third command; and a transmission unit configured (a) to transmit the first command to the image capture apparatus if the received third command is converted into the first command, and (b) to transmit the second command to the image capture apparatus if the received third command is converted into the second command.