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US 2004/0201686 A1Published application
Intelligent camera head
AssigneeKARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
InventorsMarc R. Amling, David Chatenever
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Abstract
A video imaging system that minimizes the effect of EMI on the image data, provides a small, lightweight easy to use camera head, permitting interchangeable use of a variety of intelligent camera heads with a single camera control unit, and allows the utilization of new camera heads with new functions as they become available without having to replace the existing CCU.
Claims48
A video imaging system comprising:
- a camera control unit for processing a digital image signal;
- a cable, connected to said camera control unit, for transmitting the digital image signal to said camera control unit;
- and
- a camera head, connected to said cable, for providing the digital image signal, said camera head including:
- an imager, for generating an analog image signal;
- a timing generator, for actuating said imager;
- a converter, for converting the analog image signal into the digital image signal;
- and
- a serializer, for serializing the digital image signal for transmission over said cable.
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A video imaging system comprising:
- a camera control unit for processing an image signal;
- a cable, connected to said camera control unit, for transmitting the image signal to said camera control unit;
- and
- a camera head, connected to said cable, for providing the image signal, said camera head including:
- an imager, for generating the image signal;
- and
- a timing generator, for actuating said imager.
4 more elements
A video imaging system comprising:
- a camera control unit for processing a digital image signal;
- a cable, connected to said camera control unit, for transmitting the digital image signal to said camera control unit;
- and
- a camera head, connected to said cable, for providing the digital image signal, said camera head including:
- an imager, for generating an analog image signal;
- and
- a converter, for converting the analog image signal into the digital image signal.
4 more elements
A video imaging system comprising:
- a camera control unit for processing an image signal;
- a cable, connected to said camera control unit, for transmitting the image signal to said camera control unit;
- and
- a camera head, connected to said cable, for providing the image signal, said camera head including:
- an imager, for generating an image signal;
- and
- a serializer, for serializing the image signal for transmission over said cable.
4 more elements
A video imaging system comprising:
- a camera control unit for processing an image signal;
- a cable, connected to said camera control unit, for transmitting the image signal to said camera control unit;
- and
- a camera head, connected to said cable, for providing the image signal, said camera head including:
- an imager, for generating the image signal;
- and
- a processor.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.