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US 8,089,509 B2Granted
Programmable camera control unit with updatable program
AssigneeKARL STORZ Imaging, Inc.
InventorsDavid Chatenever, Marc R. Amling
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Abstract
A video imaging system with a camera coupled to a camera control unit, the camera having a program stored thereon and the camera control unit comparing the program version stored on the camera with another version of the program such that the newer version of the program is loaded onto the camera control unit and camera control unit is programmed with the newer version of the program to enable the camera control unit to process image data received from the camera.
Claims15
A video imaging system, comprising:
- a camera generating image data;
- said camera having a storage, which has camera identifying data stored thereon;
- a camera control unit coupled to said camera;
- said camera control unit receiving the image data, wherein said camera control unit includes:
- a processor;
- and
- at least one configurable device;
- said processor having a processor program executing on said processor and receiving a device program corresponding to the camera identifying data, wherein said received device program executes on said camera control unit and programs said at least one configurable hardware device;
- said configurable hardware device processing said image data received from said camera.
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A method for processing image data comprising the steps of:
- coupling a camera to a camera control unit;
- coupling a storage to the camera;
- saving camera identifying data on the storage;
- providing a processor in the camera control unit, the processor having a processor program running thereon;
- providing at least one configurable device in the camera control unit;
- coupling the processor to the at least one configurable device;
- transmitting the camera identifying data to the processor;
- receiving a device program on the processor;
- programming, via the received device program executing on the camera control unit, the at least one configurable device;
- generating image data with the camera;
- transmitting the image data to the at least one configurable device;
- and
- processing image data with the at least one configurable device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.