Endoscope for outputting signal
AssigneeHoya Corporation
InventorTadashi MINAKUCHI
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Abstract
An endoscope is provided having an imager, an analog-digital converter, and a data converter. The imager comprises multiple pixels which output pixel signals, and that outputs an image signal comprising the pixel signals. The analog-digital converter converts the image signal to digital image data in parallel data format. The data converter converts the digital image data to transmission data. The data converter converts the pixel-generated digital image data based on a first rule, converts the converted digital image data to converted pixel data in serial data format, and adds a start bit and an end bit to the converted pixel data to convert the digital image data to the transmission data.
Claims6
An endoscope comprising:
- an imager that comprises multiple pixels which output pixel signals, and that outputs an image signal comprising the pixel signals;
- an analog-digital converter that converts the image signal to digital image data in parallel data format;
- a data converter that converts the digital image data to transmission data;
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- the data converter converting the pixel-generated digital image data based on a first rule, converting the converted digital image data to converted pixel data in serial data format, and adding a start bit and an end bit to the converted pixel data to convert the digital image data to the transmission data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.