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Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for remotely activating a flash at a determined time, where a camera and a flash are temporally synchronized using a time signal received from a GPS satellite. One embodiment includes a system having a camera that includes an image sensor, a GPS receiver configured to receive time information, a processor configured to determine an image capture time t₁ for capturing the image of the scene, the image capture time t₁ being a time indicative of a time derived from time information received from the GPS satellite, and a camera communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an illumination system to transmit flash information to the illumination system, the flash information including the image capture time t₁, and capture an image of the scene with the camera at the image capture time t₁.

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First Claim