MODULAR CAMERA WITH INTERCHANGEABLE IMAGE HEAD AND SUB-SYSTEM BASES

    公开(公告)号:US20240163541A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18417397

    申请日:2024-01-19

    申请人: GoPro, Inc.

    摘要: The present teachings provide an image head with a housing, an integrated sensor and lens assembly (ISLA), a port, and componentry. The housing has a front side a rear side located opposite the front side; a top side located between the front side and the rear side; and a bottom side located opposite the top side and between the front side and the rear side. The ISLA extends from the front side and is configured to detect images. The port is located on the rear side that is configured to electrically connect the image head to a base when the image head is inserted into the base. The internal componentry has a printed circuit board in communication with an integrated sensor of the ISLA and a memory located on the printed circuit board and configured to store the images. The internal componentry controls the image head.

    IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ACCESSORY APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230379577A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US18320430

    申请日:2023-05-19

    发明人: MASARU UEDA

    IPC分类号: H04N23/663

    CPC分类号: H04N23/663 H04L67/104

    摘要: A camera is operable while a plurality of accessory apparatuses are connected to the camera. The camera perform first communication for simultaneous communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses using a data communication channel, and second communication for individual communication with a specific accessory apparatus among the plurality of accessory apparatuses using the data communication channel. In performing the second communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses by switching between specific accessory apparatuses in a predetermined order within one or more communication periods, at least one of the communication period, a communication speed, a data packet number, a data packet length, and a combination and order of a communication source and a communication destination to be communicated for each communication period is determined based on accessory information acquired from the plurality of accessory apparatuses.

    ACCESSORY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230283895A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US18316459

    申请日:2023-05-12

    发明人: Atsushi Sugita

    摘要: An accessory apparatus is connectable to an imaging apparatus along with an interchangeable lens apparatus. The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communication unit configured to provide a communication channel to and from the imaging apparatus, an operation member allowing an operation by a user, and an accessory control unit configured to communicate with the imaging apparatus via the accessory communication unit. The accessory control unit notifies the imaging apparatus of a communication request according to detection of the operation of the operation member, and repeats transmitting operation state information indicating an operation state of the operation member to the imaging apparatus from when the communication request is notified to when an end of the operation is detected.

    Accessory apparatus, control method, and storage medium

    公开(公告)号:US12010421B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17963261

    申请日:2022-10-11

    发明人: Atsushi Sugita

    摘要: An accessory apparatus, removably attached between an image capturing apparatus and an interchangeable lens, performs first communication with the image capturing apparatus and second communication with the interchangeable lens, and accepts a predetermined operation for operating a predetermined function that assists an autofocus (AF) operation. The accessory apparatus implements the predetermined function by controlling transmission of a control command to the interchangeable lens based on the predetermined operation and the control command for the AF operation accepted from the image capturing apparatus. To control the transmission of the control command, the accessory apparatus does not transmit a control amount included in the control command and pertaining to focus for the AF operation to the interchangeable lens, or changes the control amount and transmits the control amount changed to the interchangeable lens.

    LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20240137648A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18467891

    申请日:2023-09-14

    发明人: Takayuki SHU

    摘要: A light emitting apparatus includes a processor having a first mode for causing a light emitting unit to emit light with a first light emission amount, and a second mode for causing the light emitting unit to emit the light with a second light emission amount acquired from an image pickup apparatus. In a case where the processor receives a light emitting instruction in the second mode while the light emitting unit is in the first mode, the processor causes the light emitting unit to emit the light in the second mode. In a case where the processor receives an end instruction in the second mode, the processor causes the light emitting unit to emit the light in the second mode and then the light emitting unit to emit the light in the first mode.