Wireless camera flash synchronizer system and method
AssigneeLab Partners Associates, Inc.
InventorJames E. Clark
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Abstract
An external device for wirelessly synchronizing a remote device to image acquisition of a camera with switching of a transceiver from receive mode to transmit mode in response to receipt of a first signal by the external device generated after a trigger of the camera is activated. The external device includes a wireless communication functionality and a connector for connecting the external device to a port of the camera providing access to the first signal. The external device includes auto mode switcher for switching the transceiver from a receive mode to a transmit mode. A system including a camera and an external device configured to switch from receive mode to transmit mode in response to a signal from the camera generated after a trigger of the camera is activated.
Claims33
An external device for wirelessly synchronizing a remote device to image acquisition of a camera, the external device comprising:
- a wireless communication functionality having a transmit mode and a receive mode;
- a first connector for connecting the external device to a port of a camera that provides a connection to a first signal, the first signal generated after a trigger of the camera is activated;
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- an auto mode switcher for switching a transceiver from the receive mode to the transmit mode in response to receipt of the first signal by the external device via the first connector.
An external device for wirelessly synchronizing a remote device to image acquisition of a camera, the external device comprising:
- a wireless communication functionality having a transmit mode and a receive mode;
- a first connector for connecting the external device to a port of a camera that provides a connection to a first signal, the first signal generated after a trigger of the camera is activated and including information for synchronizing a remote device to an image acquisition by the camera, said first connector configured to connect to at least one of a hotshoe connector of the camera, a PC synchronization connector of the camera, and a multi-contact accessory port of the camera;
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- an auto mode switcher for switching a transceiver from the receive mode to the transmit mode in response to receipt of the first signal by the external device via the first connector.
A system for synchronizing a remote device to photographic image acquisition, the system comprising:
- a camera having an external port providing access to a first signal, the first signal generated after a trigger of the camera is activated;
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- a device for connection to the camera, the device including:
- a wireless communication functionality having a transmit mode and a receive mode;
- a first connector for connecting the device to the external port of the camera;
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- an auto mode switcher for switching a transceiver from the receive mode to the transmit mode in response to receipt of the first signal by the device via the first connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.