Patent ID: 9712728
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of recording digital motion picture image data using a modular motion camera, the method comprising: fastening a first module interface of a camera body to a second module interface of a first detachable recording module, wherein fastening comprises mating a first engagement feature of an engagement mechanism provided on the first module interface of the camera body with a corresponding first engagement feature of the second module interface of the first detachable recording module, the first engagement feature having one of a female configuration or a male configuration, the corresponding first engagement feature having the other of the female configuration or the male configuration; connecting a multi-pin electrical connector of the engagement mechanism with a corresponding multi-pin electrical connector of the second module interface; attaching a second detachable recording module to a third module interface of the first detachable recording module, wherein the engagement mechanism supports the weight of at least the first detachable recording module and the second detachable recording module; with an image sensor residing within the camera body of the modular motion camera, digitizing light incident on the image sensor; outputting, on the first module interface of the camera body, digital motion picture image data representative of light detected by the image sensor, the digital motion picture image data having a horizontal resolution falling within a range between and inclusive of 2 k and 5 k; with the first detachable recording module, receiving the digital motion picture image data at the second module interface of the first detachable recording module; with a data bus extending from the second module interface to the third module interface of the first detachable recording module, transmitting the digital motion picture image data received at the second module interface through the first detachable recording module to the third module interface at a frame rate of at least 23 frames per second; with the second detachable recording module, receiving the digital motion picture image data at a fourth module interface of the second detachable recording module, the fourth module interface electronically connected to the third module interface of the first detachable recording module; recording the digital motion picture image data received at the fourth module interface into a memory device supported by the second detachable recording module at a frame rate of at least 23 frames per second, the recorded digital motion picture image data having a horizontal resolution falling within a range between and inclusive of 2 k and 5 k; actuating a release mechanism of the modular motion camera from a first position to a second position; and following actuation of the release mechanism, detaching the first module interface and the second module interface from one another.