Patent ID: 8934049
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging system, comprising: a body unit; a second unit; and a third unit, the body unit including a display section that displays image data, an operating section that detects an input operation by a user, a first communications section that exchanges information with the second unit, or the third unit, a memory section that stores the image data, and a first connector that connects to the second unit, or the third unit that is capable of exchanging information between the second unit, or the third unit and the first communications section, the second unit including an imaging section that images a photographic subject, a second communications section that exchanges information with the body unit, and a second connector that connects to the first connector, and the third unit including a third communications section that exchanges information with the body unit, and a third connector that connects to the first connector, wherein when the body unit and the second unit are connected, the body unit has a control of the imaging system, the body unit controls the second unit, and shooting is performed, and when the body unit and the third unit are connected, the third unit has the control of the imaging system, and the third unit controls the body unit as an input-output device.