Patent ID: 9250499
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of synchronizing a remote lighting device to image acquisition of a camera, the camera having a hot shoe connector with an external device capable of wireless communication connected to the hot shoe connector, the external device including a radio frequency transmitter for wireless communication, the method comprising: communicating a first information from the external device to the camera via the hot shoe connector of the camera, the first information mocking information that a flash device would provide to the camera if the flash device were connected to the hot shoe connector of the camera, wherein the external device is not a flash device; receiving a TTL data at the external device capable of wireless communication, said receiving a TTL data occurring via the hot shoe connector of the camera; receiving a synchronization signal at the external device via the hot shoe connector of the camera; wirelessly communicating an exposure compensation value from the external device to a remote lighting device using the radio frequency transmitter; and wirelessly communicating using the radio frequency transmitter a remote synchronization from the external device to the remote lighting device for synchronizing the remote lighting device to an image acquisition by the camera using the remote synchronization signal.