Lens apparatus

• US 7,035,021 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2004
• Issued: 04/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujinon Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sasaki, Tadashi, Kanayama, Atsushi, Mizumura, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sugarman, Scott J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HASAN, MOHAMMED A
• Application Number:
  US10/770,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20040165078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 359/701, 348/222.1, 348/231.3, 348/360, 396/303, 396529-533
• US Class Current: 359/701
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices

Abstract

A selection device which permits or prohibits serial communication is provided in a lens apparatus capable of performing serial communication to suppress the serial communication although a camera body can perform the serial communication. Thus, a safe operation of the system can be guaranteed. At the same time, the processing speed of the processing circuit in the lens apparatus can be reduced, thereby successfully reducing the power consumption.

Claims

1. A lens apparatus capable of performing serial and parallel communication with a camera body through a serial and parallel communication interface, comprising:

a selection device which prohibits the serial communication wherein;

when the serial communication is prohibited by said selection device, the parallel communication is performed with a camera body.

2. The lens apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

when the serial communication is prohibited by said selection device, a processing speed of a processing circuit loaded into said lens apparatus is reduced.