Camera accessory and method of transmitting information
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorSueyuki Ohishi
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Abstract
A camera accessory that is attachable to and detachable from a camera body, includes: a correction optical system that is movable in a direction intersecting an optical axis thereof; and a first communication unit that transmits to the camera body a first information regarding a position of the correction optical system and a second information regarding a vibration of the camera accessory.
Claims20
A camera accessory that is attachable to and detachable from a camera body, the camera accessory comprising:
- a correction optical system that is movable in a direction intersecting an optical axis thereof;
- a first communicator that transmits to the camera body both (i) first information recording a position of the correction optical system and (ii) second information that is different from the first information and that is regarding a vibration detected by the camera accessory;
- and
- a second communicator that receives an instruction from the camera body,
- wherein the second communicator receives an instruction to start communication of the first communicator.
A method of transmitting information between a camera accessory that is attachable to and detachable from a camera body and the camera body, the method comprising:
- transmitting, between the camera body and the camera accessory, both (i) first information regarding a position of a correction optical system and (ii) second information that is different from the first information and that is regarding a vibration of the camera accessory;
- receiving an instruction from the camera body;
- and
- receiving an instruction to start communication between the camera body and the camera accessory.
A camera body to which an interchangeable lens with a correction lens movable in a direction intersecting an optical axis can be attached, the camera body comprising:
- a first communicator that receives both (i) first information regarding a position of the correction lens and (ii) second information that is different from the first information and that is regarding a vibration detected by the interchangeable lens;
- and
- a second communicator that transmits an instruction to the interchangeable lens,
- wherein the second communicator transmits an instruction to start communication of the first communicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.