Patent ID: 8913179

Claim:
A modular motion camera, comprising: an image sensor having a horizontal resolution of 2000 or more pixels and configured to digitize light incident on the image sensor; a camera body that contains the image sensor and comprises a first module interface configured to output digital motion picture image data representative of light detected by the image sensor, the digital motion picture image data having a horizontal resolution of 2000 or more pixels; and a power module, comprising: a power module housing comprising a second module interface and a third module interface, the second module interface configured to receive digital motion picture image data having a horizontal resolution of 2000 or more pixels; a data bus extending from the second module interface to the third module interface and configured to transmit the digital motion picture image data received at the second module interface through the power module to the third module interface at a frame rate of at least 23 frames per second; and a power bus configured to deliver electrical power to the second module interface and to deliver electrical power to the third module interface.