US 12,332,550 B2
Electronic apparatus and accessory
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); and Yoshinobu Okano, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,042.
Application 18/514,042 is a division of application No. 17/533,904, filed on Nov. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,886,099.
Application 17/533,904 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/014288, filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-070625 (JP), filed on Apr. 9, 2020; application No. 2020-070626 (JP), filed on Apr. 9, 2020; application No. 2020-070627 (JP), filed on Apr. 9, 2020; and application No. 2021-060601 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085764 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G03B 17/14 (2021.01); G03B 15/05 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 17/14 (2013.01) [G03B 15/05 (2013.01); G03B 17/565 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory comprising:
a shoe portion detachably attached to an electronic apparatus,
a plurality of contacts provided to the shoe portion and arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a direction in which the accessory is attached to the electronic apparatus,
wherein the plurality of contacts include a first contact whose potential is connected to a predetermined potential, a second contact configured to decrease a potential in a state where the first contact and the second contact are connected to the electronic apparatus, and a third contact configured to be used for a communication with the electronic apparatus after decreasing the potential of the second contact, and
wherein the second contact is disposed in the first direction at a position closest to a center of the shoe portion among the plurality of contacts.