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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiko Ooyama, Hyogo, JP;
Yutaro Matsui, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Umehara, Osaka, JP;
Toshiaki Takenaka, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A strobe device is provided with a light-emitting unit rotatably coupled to a strobe body unit detachable from a bracket together with an imaging apparatus, a variable mechanism configured to allow a change in an angle of orientation of the light-emitting unit with respect to the strobe body unit, a driving unit configured to drive the variable mechanism, and a control section configured to control the driving unit. The control section has a control mode to restrain the light-emitting unit from moving to a region in which the imaging apparatus is located when it is detected that the strobe body unit is attached to the bracket. As a result, the strobe device whose the light-emitting unit does not bump against the imaging apparatus can be realized.