Patent ID: 9602707
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An external photographic wireless communication device for connection to a camera body, the device comprising: a first hot shoe connector configured to connect to the camera body, the first hot shoe connector including a first set of contacts, the first set of contacts including a first synchronization contact and at least one additional first hot shoe contact; a second hot shoe connector configured to connect to one or more accessory devices, the second hot shoe connector including a second set of contacts, the second set of contacts including a second synchronization contact and at least one additional second hot shoe contact; a processor; one or more first connections, each of the one or more first connections connecting a contact of the first set of contacts to the processor without an additional connection between the contact of the first set of contacts and a corresponding contact of the second hot shoe connector; one or more second connections, each of the one or more second connections connecting a contact of the second set of contacts to the processor without an additional connection between the contact of the second set of contacts and a corresponding contact of the first hot shoe connector, the processor controlling communication over the one or more first connections and the one or more second connections; and a wireless communication circuitry in electrical communication with the processor, the wireless communication circuitry for wirelessly communicating one or more signals to one or more remote devices, the one or more signals including a signal determined from information received via at least one of the one or more first connections.