JP2009130463A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (5)

A first processing imaging equipment to perform for capturing an image from the subject image,
Control means for controlling the battery so as to detect a current supplied to the imaging device from a battery removable from the imaging device when the first process is performed by the imaging device;
Current acquisition means for acquiring from the battery current data indicating a current supplied from the battery to the imaging device detected by the battery;
A remaining amount acquisition device you get a remaining quantity data indicating the remaining capacity of the battery,
And current data obtained by the current acquisition means, by the imaging device, on the basis the number data indicating the number of the captured image, prior to the to residual quantity data acquired by the chopped amount acquisition device, the image pickup It possesses a detecting means for detecting the data indicating the number of imageable image by the apparatus,
When the second process different from the first process is performed by the imaging device, the control unit controls the battery so as to stop detecting the current supplied from the battery to the imaging device. An imaging apparatus characterized by that. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second process includes a process performed when the image pickup apparatus is connected to a device corresponding to a USB (Universal Serial Bus). The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second process includes a process for reproduction. When the first process is performed by the imaging apparatus, the control unit is supplied from the battery to the imaging apparatus when the first process includes a process for performing bulb photography. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the battery is controlled so as to stop detection of current. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second process includes a process for performing auto play.