Patent ID: 8525925

Claim:
A modular camera, comprising: a camera body comprising: a front surface having an opening through which light enters the camera body; a rear surface comprising a first interface; an image sensor positioned within the camera body and comprising a horizontal resolution of 2000 or more pixels and corresponding electronics configured to convert light passing through the opening and received by the image sensor into digital motion picture image data at a rate of at least 23 frames per second; and a first bus segment; a first module comprising: a front surface comprising a second interface; a rear surface comprising a third interface; one or more memory devices; and a second bus segment; and a power module comprising: a front surface comprising a fourth interface; a rear surface comprising a fifth interface; at least one power source; and a third bus segment; wherein the first interface is functionally engageable with any of the second and fourth interfaces, the third interface is functionally engageable with the fourth interface, and the second interface is functionally engageable with the fifth interface such that each of the camera body, the first module and the power module are releasably connectable to each other; wherein at least one assembled configuration of the modules places the bus segments in communication with each other in a manner that permits functional electrical communication among each of the modules, permits transmission of the motion picture image data having a horizontal resolution of 2000 or more pixels from the camera body, through the power module, and into the first module where it is stored in the one or more memory devices at a rate of at least about 23 frames per second, and permits transmission of power generated by the power source to the camera body and to the first module.