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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Hayasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Tohyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromichi Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Shu, 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 to which an accessory is to be detachably attached includes a plurality of contacts electrically connectable to the accessory and arranged in a row. The contacts include a plurality of functional signal contacts to which signals having functions that are different functions according to a type of the accessory are connected, reference potential contacts, to each of which a reference potential is connected, and contacts that are used to supply power to the accessory or to communicate with the accessory. The functional signal contacts include a first functional signal contact and a second functional signal contact. A distance from the first functional signal contact to a reference potential contact closest to the first functional signal contact and a distance from the second functional signal contact to a reference potential contact closest to the second functional signal contact are different from each other.