Patent ID: 8085310

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus which includes an image sensing unit and communicate with a remote controller, the image capturing apparatus comprising: a direct power supply activation unit which activates the image capturing apparatus by activating power supply to the image capturing apparatus when a power supply button of the image capturing apparatus is operated by a user; a remote power supply activation unit which activates the image capturing apparatus in response to an indication to activate power supply from the remote controller by activating power supply to the image capturing apparatus; a receiving unit which receives an indication to deactivate power supply from the remote controller; a determination unit which determines, when the receiving unit receives the indication to deactivate power supply from the remote controller, whether the image capturing apparatus is directly activated by the user operation of the power supply button of the image capturing apparatus or the image capturing apparatus is activated by the indication to activate power supply from the remote controller; and a power supply deactivation control unit which maintains the activating of the power supply to the image capturing apparatus if the determination unit determines that the image capturing apparatus is directly activated by the user operation of the power supply button of the image capturing apparatus even when the image capturing apparatus receives the indication to deactivate power supply from the remote controller, and deactivates the power supply to the image capturing apparatus in response to the indication to deactivate power supply from the remote controller if the determination unit determines that the image capturing apparatus is activated by the indication to activate power supply from the remote controller.