Nikon Corporation

Takayuki Funaoka

Hideaki Sugiyama

Kiyoshi Yasuda

Takao Goto

Koji Nagaoka

Osamu Katsuda

An interchangeable lens that is removably attachable to a camera body includes: a first clock receiver that receives a first clock signal from the camera body; a second clock transmitter that transmits a second clock signal to the camera body; a lens that is driven by a driving force from a first drive member; a receiver that receives an instruction signal from the camera body in synchronization with the first clock signal; and a first transmitter that repeatedly transmits positional information on the lens to the camera body in synchronization with the second clock signal.

Accessory

An accessory includes: a detection terminal; a first power supply terminal through which a first power supply voltage is supplied; a second power supply terminal through which a second power supply voltage is supplied; a ground terminal; a ready terminal; a first clock terminal; a first data terminal; a second data terminal; a second clock terminal; a third data terminal; a first circuit to which the first power supply voltage is supplied through the first power supply terminal; and a second circuit to which the second power supply voltage is supplied through the second power supply terminal, wherein: the ground terminal is used as a ground potential for the first circuit and the second circuit; and a distance between the second clock terminal and the first power supply terminal is longer than a distance between the first clock terminal and the first power supply terminal.

Accessory removably attachable to a camera body

An accessory that can be attached to a camera body, the camera body including a first camera-side clock terminal that outputs a first clock signal, a first camera-side data terminal that outputs a first data signal, and a third camera-side data terminal to which a third data signal is input, the accessory includes: an eighth terminal that is brought into contact with the first camera-side clock terminal; a seventh terminal that is brought into contact with the first camera-side data terminal; and a ninth terminal that is brought into contact with the third camera-side data terminal, wherein the eighth terminal is positioned between the seventh terminal and the ninth terminal.

Accessory that is removably attachable to a camera body

An accessory includes: a detection terminal; a first power supply terminal through which a first power supply voltage is supplied; a first ground terminal used as a ground potential; a second power supply terminal through which a second power supply voltage is supplied; a second ground terminal used as a ground potential; a ready terminal used to indicate whether or not communication is allowed; a first data terminal that receives a first data signal; a second data terminal that outputs a second data signal; a clock terminal that outputs a clock signal; and a third data terminal that outputs a third data signal, wherein: the first ground terminal, the second power supply terminal, and the second ground terminal are positioned between the first power supply terminal and the ready terminal; and the first data terminal and the second data terminal are positioned between the ready terminal and the clock terminal.

An accessory that can be attached to a camera body, the camera body including a first camera-side clock terminal that outputs a first clock signal, a second camera-side clock terminal to which a second clock signal is input, and a first camera-side power supply terminal that outputs first power, the accessory includes: an eighth terminal that is brought into contact with the first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that is brought into contact with the second camera-side clock terminal; and a second terminal that is brought into contact with the first camera-side power supply terminal, wherein: a distance between the tenth terminal and the second terminal is longer than a distance between the eighth terminal and the second terminal.

An accessory for a camera includes: a first terminal; a second terminal; a third terminal; a fourth terminal; a fifth terminal; a sixth terminal; an eighth terminal that receives a first clock signal of a first cycle from the camera; a seventh terminal that receives a first data signal in synchronization with the first clock signal; a ninth terminal that outputs a third data signal to the camera in synchronization with the first clock signal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal of a second cycle to the camera, the second cycle being longer than the first cycle; and an eleventh terminal that outputs a second data signal to the camera in synchronization with the second clock signal, wherein: the eighth terminal is positioned between the seventh terminal and the ninth terminal, and the tenth terminals is positioned between the ninth terminal and the eleventh terminal.

An accessory for a camera, includes: a first terminal; a second terminal through which a first power is supplied; a third terminal used for a ground for the first power; a fourth terminal through which a second power is supplied; a fifth terminal used for a ground for the second power; a sixth terminal used to indicate whether communication is allowed; an eighth terminal receiving a first clock of a first cycle; a seventh terminal receiving a first data signal in synchronization with the first clock; a ninth terminal outputting a third data signal in synchronization with the first clock; a tenth terminal outputting a second clock of a second cycle longer than the first cycle; and an eleventh terminal, wherein: the third, fourth and fifth terminals are positioned between the second and sixth terminals; and the seventh, eighth and ninth terminals are positioned between the sixth and tenth terminals.

Terminal arrangement of removably attachable camera accessory

An accessory removably attachable to a camera body and including a plurality of terminals, includes: a first terminal; a second terminal through which a first power supply voltage is supplied from the camera body; a third terminal; a fourth terminal; a fifth terminal; a sixth terminal; an eighth terminal that receives a first clock signal of a first cycle from the camera body; a seventh terminal; a ninth terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal of a second cycle to the camera body, the second cycle being longer than the first cycle; and an eleventh terminal, wherein: a distance between the tenth terminal and the second terminal is longer than a distance between the eighth terminal and the second terminal.

An accessory for a camera body, the camera body including a second camera-side clock terminal to which a second clock signal is input, a first camera-side power supply terminal that outputs first power, and a camera-side input terminal to which a signal indicating whether or not data communication is allowed is input, the accessory includes: a second terminal that contacts with the first camera-side power supply terminal; a sixth terminal that contacts with the camera-side input terminal; a tenth terminal that contacts with the second camera-side clock terminal; a first terminal group comprising a plurality of terminals between the second terminal and the sixth terminal; and a second terminal group comprising a plurality of terminals between the sixth terminal and the tenth terminal, wherein the number of terminals in the first terminal group is same as the number of terminals in the second terminals.

Accessory attachable to camera body and having terminal layout

An accessory for a camera body including a plurality of camera-side terminals, a camera-side protruding portion, and an elastic member, the accessory includes: a first terminal that changes a voltage at the first camera-side terminal by contacting with a first camera-side terminal; an eighth terminal to which a first clock signal is input by contacting with a first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal by contacting with a second camera-side clock terminal; and an accessory-side protruding portion that is to be pressed toward the camera body side by the elastic member, wherein: the accessory-side protruding portion has a contacting portion to contact with the elastic member; and a distance between the eighth terminal and the contacting portion and a distance between the tenth terminal and the contacting portion are shorter than a distance between the first terminal and the contacting portion.

Camera accessory including a plurality of contact terminals

An accessory for a camera body including a plurality of camera-side terminals, a camera-side protruding portion, and an elastic member, the accessory includes: a first terminal that changes a voltage at the first camera-side terminal by contacting with a first camera-side terminal; an eighth terminal to which a first clock signal is input by contacting with a first camera-side clock terminal; a tenth terminal that outputs a second clock signal by contacting with a second camera-side clock terminal; and an accessory-side protruding portion that is to be pressed toward the camera body side by the elastic member, wherein a distance between the eighth terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion and a distance between the tenth terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion are shorter than a distance between the first terminal and the accessory-side protruding portion.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Takayuki Funaoka