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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Tohyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Shu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromi Hayasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouji Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhei Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Okano, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes an accessory shoe via which an accessory is to be detachably attached to the electronic apparatus. The accessory shoe includes a plurality of contacts that is electrically connectable to the accessory and arranged in a row, and include an attachment detection contact, a power supply contact, and a first reference potential contact that is connected to a reference potential. A potential of the attachment detection contact becomes the reference potential in a case where the accessory is attached to the electronic apparatus. The attachment detection contact is disposed on one of both sides of the power supply contact, and the first reference potential contact is disposed on another side. The first reference potential contact is disposed outside the power supply contact in an arrangement direction of the plurality of contacts.