Patent ID: 11966098
Assignee: PANAVISION INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A modular lens system for use with a camera comprising:
a front lens section and a central lens section that each comprise one or more lenses, wherein the front lens section is removably coupled to the central lens section; and
one or more motors configured to move the one or more lenses to effect a change in an optical feature;
a single microcontroller disposed in one of the first lens section or second lens section and that is configured to provide a control signal to the one or more motors based on a signal received from a user input element of the modular lens system, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to not receive any control signal from any camera that the modular lens system is used with to operate the modular lens system independent of a camera that the modular lens is attached with.