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AssigneeSchölly Fiberoptic GmbH
InventorsMatthias Kuhn, Alexander Kohler
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In order to reduce costs for endoscopic examinations and to enable new operating concepts, an image recording arrangement is provided in which an adapter that enables bi-directional communication between a camera control unit and an image generation unit which has an image sensor. A standardized data interface is configured between the camera control unit and the adapter. The adapter is defined for use with a specific type of image generation unit. Accordingly, the adapter has a communication apparatus which translates control and adjustment commands transmitted by the camera control unit into a format processable by the image generation unit and provides image data from the image sensor in a format processable by the camera control unit. The camera control unit can therefore access, control and adjust the image generation unit and can display image data from the image generation unit without adaptation to the image generation unit connected to the adapter and therefore without knowledge of said image generation unit.
An image recording arrangement (1) comprising:
A method of using an image recording arrangement (1) including an image generation unit (2) with at least one image sensor (3), a camera control unit (4) and an adapter (5) configured to set up a bidirectional data connection between the image sensor (3) and the camera control unit (4), the adapter (4) includes a communication apparatus (6) for transmitting control signals to the image sensor (3) and for receiving output signals from the image sensor (3), the method including:
A method of using an image recording arrangement (1) including an image generation unit (2) with at least one image sensor (3), a camera control unit (4) and an adapter (5) configured to set up a bidirectional data connection between the image sensor (3) and the camera control unit (4), the adapter (4) includes a communication apparatus (6) for transmitting control signals to the image sensor (3) and for receiving output signals from the image sensor (3), the method including:
A method for commissioning an image recording arrangement (1) including an image generation unit (2) with at least one image sensor (3), a camera control unit (4) and an adapter (5) configured to set up a bidirectional data connection between the image sensor (3) and the camera control unit (4), the adapter (4) includes a communication apparatus (6) for transmitting control signals to the image sensor (3) and for receiving output signals from the image sensor (3), the method including:
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