External photographic wireless communication device
US7885533B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 23, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2215/056
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An external photographic wireless communication device for connection to a camera body having a hot shoe connector for connecting to the camera body and a hot shoe connector for connecting to one or more accessory devices. Each of the hot shoe connectors includes a plurality of contacts. The device includes a switching element for selectively disconnecting one or more of the plurality of contacts in one hot shoe connector from a corresponding respective one of the other hot shoe connector.
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