Patent ID: 7944479

Claim:
An image-capture apparatus including an intercom connecting unit, capable of voice communication with an external camera control unit through an intercom connected to the intercom connecting unit, comprising: a control unit that outputs a warning-command signal in the case of determining that a value of a control-information signal indicating a state of the image-capture apparatus varies from a predetermined standard; a warning-sound signal generator that receives the warning-command signal output from the control unit and outputs a warning-sound signal corresponding to the warning-command signal; a receiving unit that receives a multiplexed signal transmitted from the camera control unit and extracts an intercom-voice signal from the multiplexed signal; a voice synthesizer that combines the intercom-voice signal extracted at the receiving unit with the warning-sound signal input from the warning-sound signal generator to generate a voice-synthesized signal; and a transmitting unit that multiplexes the warning-command signal, the control-information signal, and the intercom-voice signal of the image-capture apparatus and transmits a multiplexed signal to the camera control unit.