Patent ID: 8888682

Claim:
A wireless image acquisition system including an image acquisition apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit acquired image information, and an image receiving apparatus configured to wirelessly receive and display the image information transmitted from the image acquisition apparatus, comprising: a light source unit provided in the image acquisition apparatus and configured to irradiate light; a warning unit provided in the image acquisition apparatus and configured to give a warning; and a control unit provided in the image acquisition apparatus and configured to judge whether a reflected light amount of reflected light being obtained from the light irradiated from the light source unit is larger than a predetermined value when making wireless communication setting of the image acquisition apparatus and the image receiving apparatus, wherein when the reflected light amount is judged to be larger than the predetermined value, the control unit causes the warning unit to give a warning and does not transmit a wireless communication start request signal to the image receiving apparatus, and when the reflected light amount is judged to be smaller than the predetermined value, the control unit transmits the wireless communication start request signal to the image receiving apparatus and causes the warning unit not to give a warning.