Patent ID: 8441571

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus that receives input from a user via an operation unit and that has a power saving mode for stopping the supply of electrical power to at least a part of said image sensing apparatus if no input to the operation unit is performed for a predetermined time period, said image sensing apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external processing apparatus; an operation mode selection unit that selects one of a plurality of operation modes including at least an image sensing mode and a playback mode, wherein the image sensing mode is a mode in which said image sensing apparatus is capable of sensing light and storing in a memory an image based upon the sensing; and a control unit that controls a shift to the power saving mode of said image sensing apparatus during a time in which said image sensing apparatus is communicating with the external processing apparatus, wherein, in a case where the image sensing mode is selected by said operation mode selection unit, (a) said control unit controls said image sensing apparatus to shift to the power saving mode after the predetermined time period without any input to the operation unit if it is determined that communication by said communication unit with the external processing apparatus is not being made, and (b) said control unit controls said image sensing apparatus to prevent shift to the power saving mode after the predetermined time period without any input to the operation unit if it is determined that communication by said communication unit with the external processing apparatus is being made, and wherein in a case where the playback mode is selected by said operation mode selection unit, said control unit controls said image sensing apparatus to shift to the power saving mode after the predetermined time period without any input to the operation unit in accordance with the power saving mode being selected.