Patent ID: 11886099
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. An electronic apparatus comprising:
an accessory shoe portion to which an accessory is detachably attached; and
a plurality of contacts provided to the accessory shoe portion and arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a direction in which the accessory is attached,
wherein the plurality of contacts include a first contact whose potential changes from a predetermined potential in a state that the accessory is attached, where the predetermined potential is set to a potential in a state where the accessory is not attached, and a second contact whose potential changes from a high level to a low level after the potential of the first contact changes from the predetermined potential and before a predetermined communication with the accessory is started,
wherein the second contact is disposed at a substantially center position of the accessory shoe portion in the first direction, and
wherein the first contact is disposed at a position more distant from a center of the accessory shoe portion than the first contact in the first direction.