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Phase controlled camera system having detachable lens

US5036399A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 28, 1989
Grant dateJul 30, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 28, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/663
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera system comprising a lens unit and a camera unit detachably attached to each other, the camera system having a control circuit for controlling the operation of the lens unit and the operation of the camera unit so as to synchronize a phase of the operation of the lens unit with a phase of operation of the camera unit, and a communication circuit for effecting communication between the camera unit and the lens unit by using a reference signal for obtaining the synchronization between the phase of operation of the lens unit and the phase of operation of the camera unit.

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