Patent ID: 7965335

Claim:
A flash accessory device for a digital camera comprising: a hand grip including a handle portion and a base, said base being structured and disposed for removable attachment to a bottom of the digital camera; a transmitter within the hand grip for transmitting a wireless flash activation signal; a battery power source within the hand grip for energizing the flash accessory device; an articulating arm assembly including a first end attached to the hand grip and an opposite distal end, said articulating arm assembly being structured and disposed for adjustably positioning the distal end relative to the digital camera when the base of the hand grip is attached to the bottom of the digital camera; a flash sensor on the distal end of the articulating arm assembly for detecting light emitted by a flash of the digital camera; a multi-mode digital detector circuit within the hand grip and communicating with the flash sensor and the transmitter, said multi-mode digital detector circuit being structured and disposed for triggering the transmitter to transmit the wireless flash activation signal upon the flash sensor detecting the light emitted by the flash of the digital camera; and a remote flash device including a receiver and a remote flash, and said receiver being structured and disposed for receiving the wireless flash activation signal transmitted by the transmitter in the hand grip for triggering flash illumination of the remote flash.