1993-08-11
1995-04-11
Blankenship, Howard B.
354486, G03B 1700
Patent
active
054063477
ABSTRACT:
In a camera system consisting of a main camera body and an accessory mountable thereon, the camera body includes an output device for releasing a variable signal in response to an external operation, a main body communication device capable of communicating with the accessory, and an identification device for identifying the content of a signal transmitted from the accessory through the main body communication device; while the accessory includes an operation device for releasing an operation signal in response to an external operation, and an accessory communication device capable of communicating with the camera body, wherein, when the identification device identifies the operation signal released from the operation device, the transmission of the variable signal from the camera body to the accessory is permitted and the information setting in the accessory is executed according to the variable signal, but, when the identification device does not identify any operation signal, the information setting in the camera body is executed according to the variable signal.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4814802 (1989-03-01), Ogawa
patent: 5128704 (1992-07-01), Hayashi et al.
Blankenship Howard B.
Nikon Corporation
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