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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Norio Numako, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Kagami, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Norio Numako, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Kagami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
PENTAX Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body when the interchangeable lens is detachably attached to the camera body to exchange data of the interchangeable lens, the interchangeable lens includes a logic IC via which the interchangeable lens communicates with the camera body; and a memory which is provided independent of the logic IC, connected to the logic IC, and stores the data of the interchangeable lens.