Head-Separated Camera Device and Control Method Thereof
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHiroshi Shinozaki, Masatoshi Ookubo, Kei Tashiro, Takashi Tsuda, Hiroyuki Irikura, Junya Fukumoto
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a camera control unit outputs serial data containing information for specifying a predetermined control target device to be controlled from among plural control target devices comprised in a camera head. The camera head identifies the control target device specified by the received serial data, and supplies the identified control target device with a select signal for an active state.
Claims12
A head-separated camera device comprising:
- a camera control unit;
- a camera head;
- and
- a cable comprising a line that supplies the camera head with serial data from the camera control unit and connects the camera head and the camera control unit to each other, wherein
- the camera control unit is configured to output serial data containing information for specifying a predetermined control target device to be controlled, among a plurality of control target devices to be controlled, which are comprised in the camera head, and
- the camera head is configured to identify the predetermined control target device specified by the serial data received, and to supply an active select signal to the identified predetermined control target device.
A head-separated camera device comprising:
- a camera control unit;
- a camera head;
- a cable comprising a line that supplies the camera head with serial data from the camera control unit and connects the camera head and the camera control unit to each other, wherein
- the camera head comprises
- a storage module that is configured to store data strings corresponding to various commands output from the camera control unit, and
- a controller that is configured to read a data string corresponding to a received command, from the storage module, to identify a target control device based on the read data string, and to cause the identified control target device to perform a predetermined processing.
A control method for a head-separated camera device in which a camera head and a camera control unit is connected to each other by a cable comprising a line that supplies a camera head with serial data from a camera control unit, the control method comprising:
- outputting, by the camera control unit, serial data containing information for specifying a predetermined control target device to be controlled, among a plurality of control target devices to be controlled, which are comprised in the camera head;
- and
- identifying, by the camera head, the predetermined control target device specified by the serial data received, and supplying, also by the camera head, the identified predetermined control target device with an active select signal.
A control method for a head-separated camera device in which a camera head and a camera control unit is connected to each other by a cable comprising a line that supplies a camera head with serial data from a camera control unit, the control method comprising:
- storing, by the camera head, data strings corresponding to various commands output from the camera control unit into a storage module;
- and
- reading, also by the camera head, a data string corresponding to a received command from the storage module, identifying, also by the camera head, a target control device based on the read data string, and causing, also by the camera head, the identified control target device to perform a predetermined processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.