Patent attributes
A hot shoe interface system for transmitting high speed data includes a hot shoe portion including a first set of electrical contacts configured to receive high speed data from a first device. A second set of electrical contacts is configured to receive a power signal and a third set of electrical contacts is configured to receive low speed data from the first device. A first set of optical terminals is configured to receive optical data from the first device. A hot shoe receiver further includes a fourth set of electrical contacts configured to provide the high speed data to a second device. A fifth set of electrical contacts is configured to receive the power signal and a sixth set of electrical contacts is configured to provide the high speed data to the second device. A second set of optical terminals is configured to transmit optical data to the second device.
