Patent ID: 8773581
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A modular video camera, comprising: a housing, comprising: an image sensor within the housing, configured to digitize light passing through the opening of the front portion of the housing; a second interface configured to electrically couple an electronic view finder to the video camera; a third interface comprising an electrical connector configured to electrically couple with a removable camera synchronization connector module and further comprising an engagement mechanism configured to mechanically mate with and support the weight of the removable camera synchronization connector module; a fourth interface configured to electrically couple with a removable audio connector module and further comprising an engagement mechanism configured to mechanically mate with and support the weight of the removable audio connector module; a memory device receptacle configured to releasably retain a persistent memory device; and an image processing system configured, when the modular video camera is in at least one operational mode, to deliver digital image data for recording onto a persistent memory device releasably retained within the memory device receptacle at a frame rate of at least 23 frames per second and a horizontal resolution of at least 2 k, the digital image data derived from the digitized light, wherein the first interface of the housing comprises an engagement mechanism configured to connect an optional raw recorder module of a type that is compatible with the modular video camera to the modular video camera, the engagement mechanism comprising: the first interface capable of supporting the weight of (a) the raw recorder module and (b) at least one power module of a type that is compatible with the raw recorder module and with the modular video camera, the first interface comprising: further wherein the power signal is received at the first interface after traveling from a power module attached to a rear portion of the raw recorder module through the raw recorder module.