Patent ID: 9516205
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging system, comprising: a first unit; a second unit; and a third unit, the first unit including a display section that displays image data, an operating section that detects an input operation by a user, a memory section that stores the image data, and a first connector that communicates between the second unit or the third unit, and the first unit, the second unit including an imaging section that images a photographic subject, and a second connector that connects to the first connector and communicates with the first unit, and the third unit including a third connector that connects to the first connector and communicates with the first unit, wherein when the second connector or the third connector is connected to the first connector, the first unit confirms a unit number of the connected unit, when the first connector and the second connector are connected and the first unit confirms that second unit is connected, the first unit is assigned to be a master device to control the imaging system so as to control the second unit to perform shooting, and when the first connector and the third connector are connected and the first unit confirms that the third unit is connected, the third unit is assigned to be the master device to control the imaging system and controls the first unit such that the first unit is an input-output control device.