Installation for conveying signals between a video camera equipment and a remote equipment
AssigneeInterlemo Holding S.A.
InventorsKeith Jenkins, Gary Wordsworth, David Pether, Philip Longhurst, Christopher Hamblin, Gareth Foster
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Abstract
Adapter (3, 5) for processing electrical signals in an installation comprising a video camera equipment (1) and a remote equipment (7). A first aim of the present invention is to provide an adapter system which allows automatically providing an output video signal that is co-timed to the master timing reference of the remote equipment. A second aim of the invention is to provide an adapter system which improves the security of the installation when power for the camera is transmitted by the remote equipment.
Claims18
Adapter for processing electrical signals in an installation comprising a video camera equipment and a remote equipment, said adapter comprising:
- a digital coding multiplexing and serialising circuit,
- one or more optical transmitters, which inputs are connected to the digital coding multiplexing and serialising circuit,
- a de-serialising de-multiplexing and digital decoding circuit,
- one or more optical receivers, which outputs are connected to the de-serialising de-multiplexing and digital decoding circuit,
- a timing reference encoding circuit, able to provide an adjusted version of the digital representation of a timing reference signal, which output is connected to the digital coding multiplexing and serialising circuit,
- a video frame synchroniser, able to delay a program video output, and
- a genlock monitoring and control circuit, able to compare the timing of the program video output and the adjusted version of the digital representation of the timing reference signal provided by the timing reference encoding circuit, able to control both the timing reference encoding circuit and the video frame synchroniser and able to adjust the timing reference encoding circuit to match the timing of the program video output to the adjusted version of the digital representation of the timing reference signal provided by the timing reference encoding circuit or to control the video frame synchroniser to synchronise the program video output to the adjusted version of the digital representation of the timing reference signal provided by the timing reference encoding circuit.
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