Kamerasteuervorrichtung und digitale Standbildkamera

• Main Author: SERIKAWA, YOSHIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 25.10.2007
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

A digital still camera including a camera control device, which includes power supply monitoring means and power supply control means. The power supply monitoring means monitors a condition of a power source arranged in the digital still camera, and the power supply control means controls an electric current supply from the power source to a plurality of units in the digital still camera. The plurality of units are arranged to execute each function of the digital still camera. The power supply monitoring means includes a first determination means that determines whether the power source is in a state in which electric current can be supplied to the plurality of units simultaneously, based on a predetermined criterion.. The power supply control means controls the supply of electric current to the plurality of units based on a result of a determination of the first determination means.