Patent ID: 8228421

Claim:
A television camera system comprising: a lens device a camera device, wherein the lens device is originally incompatible with the camera device; and a lens supporter, wherein the lens device is mounted on a camera device through the lens supporter, the camera device includes one connector for signal transmission between the lens device and the camera device, the connector has a terminal for parallel communication and a terminal for serial communication, the lens device or the lens supporter is provided with a connector for parallel communication and a connector for serial communication which are connectable to the connector of the camera device, a signal line for parallel communication extending from the lens device is connected to the terminal for parallel communication of the connector of the camera device by connecting the connector for parallel communication to the connector of the camera device, to enable signal transmission based on parallel communication between the lens device and the camera device, and a signal line for serial communication extending from the lens device is connected to the terminal for serial communication of the connector of the camera device by connecting the connector for serial communication to the connector of the camera device, to enable signal transmission based on serial communication between the lens device and the camera device, wherein the lens supporter is provided with the connector for parallel communication and the connector for serial communication, and a predetermined signal line extending from the lens device is connected to each of terminals of the connector for parallel communication and each of terminals of the connector for serial communication through a predetermined connector connection between the lens device and the lens supporter.