A portable remote controlled video production apparatus and method are provided, as is a teleprompter/Interrotron integrated with a camera. A computer is mounted in a rigid cage, the computer having a local portion of remote access remote control software. A camera is fixedly mounted in the cage in communication with the computer; either the camera or the computer have camera control software running thereon. A monitor is fixedly mounted in the cage in front of the camera and parallel to the lens axis; the monitor is in communication with the computer. A beamsplitter is fixedly mounted in the cage in front of the lens reflecting light from the monitor towards a front of the cage. The camera and computer are controllable remotely via a remote portion of the remote access remote control software running on a remote computer communicating with the local portion of the remote access remote control software.

A set-top flash lamp of a camera, comprising a lamp holder (2) and a lamp cap (1). A battery accommodating cavity (4) and a battery accommodating cavity cover (3) are formed in the lamp holder (2). A lithium battery (5) is accommodated in the battery accommodating cavity (4), and the lithium battery (5) comprises an electrical output contact (6). The electrical output contact (6) is in the shape of a right-angled sheet, and is composed of end surface right-angled sides (61) and bottom surface right-angled sides (62), wherein the end surface right-angled sides (61) are located on the front end surface (51) of the lithium battery (5); and the bottom surface right-angled sides (62) are arranged on the bottom surface (52) of the lithium battery (5). An electrical access contact (7) is contained in the battery accommodating cavity (4), and is arranged on a side wall of the battery accommodating cavity (4) which is opposite to the bottom surface (52) of the lithium battery (5). The set-top flash lamp improves the performance and reduces the costs.

A system for electronic patient care is provided. The system includes a monitoring server comprising middleware configured to communicate with a plurality of databases. A database of the plurality of databases includes a data formatting or a communications protocol different from another database of the plurality of databases. The monitoring client communicates with the plurality of databases via the monitoring server. The monitoring server translates communication between the monitoring client and the plurality of databases utilizing the middleware. The system includes a first medical pump coupled to the monitoring client and a second medical pump coupled to the first medical pump.

In an electrically-operated zooming strobe device of a lens moving type, to prevent damage to the zooming drive device even if an external force acts on the lens holder in the front-rear direction, a lens holder (26) having a lens (68) on a front side thereof is mounted on a strobe main body 24 having light emitting part (36) such that the lens holder is movable in the front-rear direction, and the strobe main body (24) is provided with a zooming drive device (47) including a movable member (44) driven by an electric motor (48) in the front-rear direction, wherein the movable member (44) and the lens holder (26) are connected to each other by a magnetic force of magnet pieces (62, 78) attached to the movable member (44) and the lens holder (26).

A case for an artificial light. An articulating arm or arms attaches a hood to the case. The arm(s) allow the hood to be oriented to function as both a protective cover, shade, or stand.

In an electrically-operated zooming strobe device of a lens moving type, to prevent damage to the zooming drive device even if an external force acts on the lens holder in the front-rear direction, a lens holder (26) having a lens (68) on a front side thereof is mounted on a strobe main body 24 having light emitting part (36) such that the lens holder is movable in the front-rear direction, and the strobe main body (24) is provided with a zooming drive device (47) including a movable member (44) driven by an electric motor (48) in the front-rear direction, wherein the movable member (44) and the lens holder (26) are connected to each other by a magnetic force of magnet pieces (62, 78) attached to the movable member (44) and the lens holder (26).

To increase the accuracy of adjusting the main light emission. An amount of main light emission is adjusted on the basis of an estimated pre-light-emitted subject distance or information corresponding to the estimated pre-light-emitted subject distance and an estimated lens-focused subject distance. The estimated pre-light-emitted subject distance and the information corresponding to the estimated pre-light-emitted subject distance are obtained by pre-light-emission processing. The estimated lens-focused subject distance is obtained from focus information through a lens. In a case of bounce light emission, in a case where the estimated pre-light-emitted subject distance is smaller than the estimated lens-focused subject distance, a distance made closer to the estimated lens-focused subject distance from the estimated pre-light-emitted subject distance by a predetermined amount is set as an estimated subject distance for adjusting the main light emission.

An LED fixture is provided for photographic and theatrical lighting. The light fixture is particularly suitable for photographic and theatrical lighting by mounting LED elements directly or indirectly on articulating arms. The arms have a first pivot mounted segment connected by a hinge to a hub and a second pivot mounted segment connected by an intermediate hinge to said first pivot mounted segment.

A control method for an illuminating device, which is mounted on an aircraft having an image acquisition apparatus, includes obtaining attitude data of an image acquisition apparatus and rotating the illumination device, according to the attitude data of the image acquisition apparatus, to match an illumination area of the illumination device with a photographing area of the image acquisition apparatus.

A lighting device is provided in which a head part is allowed to be driven relative to a main unit in a horizontal circular direction and in a vertical circular direction separately without the need for increasing a space for the layout of the main unit and the like. The lighting device of the present invention includes a driving unit (7) connecting a main unit (3) and a head part (6). The driving unit (7) includes first and second motors, a first power transmission mechanism that rotates the driving unit (7) in a horizontal circular direction (the direction of an arrow F) with the driving force of the first motor, and a second power transmission mechanism that rotates the driving unit (7) in a vertical circular direction (the direction of an arrow B) with the driving force of the second motor. With this configuration, the head part (6) is allowed to be driven relative to the main unit (3) in the horizontal circular direction and the vertical circular direction separately, without the need for increasing a space for the layout of the main unit (3) and the like.