Wireless Communication System and Method For Photographic Flash Synchronization
AssigneeLab Partners Associates, Inc.
InventorJames E. Clark
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling one or more remote photographic flash devices from a camera. An antenna is connected to the camera housing. Wireless functionality within a camera provides wireless communication of a signal from within the camera body to one or more remote devices. In one example, a flash synchronization signal of the camera body may be wirelessly communicated using a wireless communication functionality within the camera body and the antenna. The wireless communication can be utilized for actuating one or more remote devices, such as for triggering one or more remote flash devices.
Claims20
A method for controlling a remote photographic device from a camera, the camera having a wireless communication functionality internal to a housing of the camera, the method comprising:
- receiving within the housing of the camera a first signal related to the control of a remote photographic device, the first signal being in response to a user interface input;
- based on the first signal, generating a second signal for RF transmission using the wireless communication functionality;
- communicating the second signal for RF transmission via a wired connection to an antenna connected to the housing of the camera;
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- wirelessly communicating the second signal for RF transmission from the antenna to the remote photographic device.
A method for controlling a remote photographic flash device from a camera, the camera having a wireless communication functionality internal to a housing of the camera, the method comprising:
- receiving within the camera body a flash synchronization signal, the flash synchronization signal being in response to a user interface input;
- based on the flash synchronization signal, generating a signal for RF transmission using the internal wireless communication functionality;
- communicating the signal for RF transmission via a wired connection to an antenna connected to the housing of the camera;
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- wirelessly communicating the signal for RF transmission from the antenna to the remote photographic flash device.
A system for controlling a remote photographic device from a camera, the system comprising:
- a camera housing;
- a user interface on the camera;
- a wireless communication circuitry internal to the camera housing, the wireless communication circuitry configured to receive a first signal related to the control of a remote photographic device, the first signal being in response to an input from the user interface, the wireless communication circuitry configured to generate a signal for RF transmission based on the first signal;
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- an antenna element connected to the camera housing, the wireless communication circuitry configured to communicate the signal for RF transmission to the antenna element for wireless communication to the remote photographic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.