Patent ID: 9712688
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising a camera accessory that connects to a camera using an electrical interface, said camera accessory comprises a wireless antenna, power control module, communication control module, and control logic module, with said camera accessory able to communicate on a wireless local area network with a separate wireless enabled device, where said wireless enabled device is configured to query a camera and automatically determine and use commands and parameters necessary to initiate control and interact with, including changing and viewing camera settings, and receive feedback from, a camera through Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP), wherein control of said camera as well as feedback and data from said camera is comprised of Picture Transfer Protocol messages; said wireless enabled device being a smart phone, tablet or computer; has a specific program configured to be executed for use with said camera accessory; wherein said specific program includes a library for each camera that said camera accessory is compatible with wherein said library uses Picture Transfer Protocol messages for each camera wherein a camera model and manufacturer must be determined through queries; then commands are taken which are dependent on said camera model, wherein certain of said camera models require only a specific camera parameter to be set before live view feed images can be retrieved, while other of said camera models require a camera parameter to be set as well as a specific command issued before live view feed images can be retrieved.