The latest patents from Nikon: camera that can be attached to a smart phone, 28mm f/2.8 lens and more

Here are some of the patents Nikon filed in the last few months:

  

patent for a camera that can be attached to a smart phone

 

 

patent for a one-piece external flash hot shoe and viewfinder accessory



patent for a 28mm f/2.8 lens for unknown sensor size (it’s either for Nikon 1 or APS-C)



patent for a 9-135mm f/3.5-5.6 lens with VR for Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras (24-365mm equivalent)

→ patent for implementing global shutter without any light-blocking.

Few other Nikon patents are described here, but I did not see anything worth reporting.