Accessory
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorAkihiko KAWAI
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Abstract
An accessory that is mountable at a camera body and is capable of communicating with the camera body, includes: a transmission unit capable of transmitting information pertaining to a drive target member that is driven by a drive unit to the camera body according to at least one communication specification; and a reception unit that receives from the camera body a first value specifying a communication specification according to which the information is transmitted to the camera body, wherein: the transmission unit transmits the information pertaining to the drive target member to the camera body according to the communication specification specified by the first value.
Claims19
An accessory that is mountable at a camera body and is capable of communicating with the camera body, comprising:
- a transmission unit capable of transmitting information pertaining to a drive target member that is driven by a drive unit to the camera body according to at least one communication specification;
- and
- a reception unit that receives from the camera body a first value specifying a communication specification according to which the information is transmitted to the camera body, wherein:
- the transmission unit transmits the information pertaining to the drive target member to the camera body according to the communication specification specified by the first value.
An accessory that is mountable at a camera body and is capable of communicating with the camera body, comprising:
- a first transmission unit capable of transmitting information pertaining to a drive target member that is driven by a drive unit to the camera body according to at least one communication specification;
- a second transmission unit that transmits to the camera body a first value specifying a communication specification according to which the information is transmitted to the camera body;
- and
- a reception unit that receives, from the camera body, a second value specifying a communication specification according to which the information is transmitted to the camera body, wherein:
- the first transmission unit transmits the information to the camera body according to the communication specification specified by the first value or the second value if the first value and the second value are equal to each other.
An accessory that is mountable at a camera body and is capable of communicating with the camera body, comprising:
- a first transmission unit capable of transmitting information pertaining to a drive target member that is driven by a drive unit to the camera body according to at least one communication specification;
- a second transmission unit that transmits to the camera body a first value specifying a communication specification according to which the information is transmitted to the camera body;
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- a reception unit that receives from the camera body a second value specifying a communication specification according to which the information is transmitted to the camera body, wherein:
- the first transmission unit transmits the information to the camera body according to the communication specification specified by the second value if the first value and the second value are different from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.