Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic I-pro Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Haruo Kogane

Koji Wakiyama

Jyoji Wada

Yasuji Nakamura

Kenji Kobayashi

Katsumi Yano

Yuji Kiniwa

Kazutaka Higuchi

Masayuki Serizawa

Manabu Nakamura

Kazushige Tamura

Mamoru Higashimura

Hidetoshi Mimura

Tetsushi Hirano

Akira Yamaguchi

Jyouji Wada

Hiroyuki Ishihara

Yuma Kobayashi

Noboru Takada

Hajime Matsumoto

Tetsurou Kajino

Makoto Sube

Yuki Yoshikuni

Ken Ikoma

Seiji Higashiyama

Shinichi Tsukahara

Hayato Wachi

Makoto Takakuwa

Tetsuya Mizusawa

Yoshinori Ootsuna

Yoshihiro Inoue

Tatsuo Kamei

Emi Fukami

Emi Matsumoto

Kazumasa Saito

Jun Kato

Shuuji Kawazoe

Kawazoe Shuuji

An imaging system includes first and second light source devices configured to irradiate a subject with lights having different wavelength bands, first and second imaging devices configured to image the subject, and first and second video processing devices configured to process an imaged video of the subject imaged by either of the corresponding imaging devices and to output the processed video to an output unit. The first and second light source devices alternately perform lighting in synchronization with a frame period of the imaged video or an integer multiple thereof based on a genlock signal. The first imaging device performs imaging in synchronization with the lighting of each of the first and second light source devices. The second imaging device performs imaging in synchronization with the lighting of each of the first and second light source devices.

Imaging system and synchronization control method

There is provided an image processing apparatus connected to a camera head capable of imaging a left eye image and a right eye image having parallax on one screen based on light at a target site incident on an optical instrument, the apparatus including: an image processor that performs signal processing of the left eye image and the right eye image imaged by the camera head; and an output controller that outputs the left eye image and the right eye image on which the signal processing is performed to a monitor via each of a first channel and a second channel, in which the output controller outputs one of the left eye image and the right eye image on which the signal processing is performed to the monitor via each of the first channel and the second channel in accordance with switching from a 3D mode to a 2D mode.

Image processing apparatus, camera apparatus, and output control method

A multi-positioning camera system includes an industrial endoscope having an imaging device provided in a tip portion of a flexible soft portion; a reel mechanism which pays out and takes up the soft portion by rotating, in a normal direction and a reverse direction, a reel drum; a support pipe which supports the soft portion inserted from a tip of the support pipe in a pay-out direction; a distributor which switches and places a tip portion of the soft portion paid out from a support pipe opening formed at an insertion tip of the support pipe at one of a plurality of different positions; and plural branch pipes which have reception holes formed corresponding to the plural different positions, and observation windows that communicate with the reception holes and are located at the plural different positions, and each of which receives the soft portion inserted through the reception hole.

Multi-positioning camera system and camera system

A camera device is equipped with at least one imaging unit for imaging a subject, a rotary motor for rotating the imaging unit at a prescribed rotation speed, an output unit for outputting images taken by the imaging unit, and a body which incorporates the imaging unit, the rotary motor, and the output unit. The output unit outputs at least one image, among the images, taken at an imaging position where the imaging unit and the subject are approximately parallel with each other.

Camera device and manufacturing system for selective outputting of images based on rotational position of the camera device

An image processing apparatus is connected to a camera head capable of imaging a left eye image and a right eye image having parallax on one screen based on light at a target site incident on an optical instrument. The image processing apparatus includes: a deriver that derives parameters of signal processing for the left eye image and the right eye image which are imaged by the camera head in accordance with switching from a 2D mode to a 3D mode; an image processor that performs the signal processing of the left eye image and the right eye image which are imaged by the camera head, based on the derived parameters; and an output controller that outputs the left eye image and the right eye image to which the signal processing is performed to a monitor.

Image processing apparatus, camera apparatus, and image processing method

There is provided an image processing apparatus which is connected to a camera head capable of imaging a left eye image and a right eye image having parallax on one screen based on light at a target site incident on an optical instrument, the apparatus including: an image processor that performs the signal processing of the left eye image and the right eye image which are imaged by the camera head; and an output controller that outputs the left eye image and the right eye image on which the signal processing is performed to a monitor, in which the image processor adjusts an extraction position of at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image in accordance with a user operation based on the left eye image and the right eye image which are displayed on the monitor.

A camera device includes a camera head that captures an observation image of a target site which is obtained by a surgical microscope, and a camera control unit that processes a signal of the observation video captured by the camera head. The camera head captures right and left observation images having a parallax from the surgical microscope to obtain a high-resolution observation video including right and left parallax videos for one screen, and the camera control unit cuts out the right parallax video and the left parallax video from the observation video including the right and left parallax videos to generate a high-resolution 3D video which is displayed on a monitor in 3D and with which stereoscopic observation can be performed.

Camera device

There is provided an imaging apparatus which can prevent a privacy zone from being shifted from a mask when a magnification converting lens is switched. The imaging unit () has an extender () which is a magnification converting lens capable of switching between an inserted state and an extracted state with respect to an optical axis. The signal processing circuit () composites a mask to an object region of the privacy zone in the image generated by the imaging unit (). The control unit () controls the signal processing circuit () according to switching of the extender (). When the extender () is switched, the control unit () instructs the signal processing circuit () to change the mask region in the image according to the magnification shift caused by the switching of the extender () and maintains the privacy zone in a masked state after the signal processing circuit () is switched.

Imaging device that changes a mask region in an image according to a magnification shift

An endoscope apparatus () includes a rigid scope portion () having an imaging window () at a front end thereof; a camera unit portion () mounted to a root end of the rigid scope portion (); and a vibration generating device () mounted to the camera unit portion (). The camera unit portion () can obtain an image of the inside of a body cavity through the imaging window (). The vibration generating device () provides vibration to the rigid scope portion () through the camera unit portion () to defog the imaging window (). This can provide an endoscope apparatus that can reduce the cost and size of a scope portion and has a high defogging effect.

Endoscope device, camera device for endoscope, and defogging method

A camera apparatus () includes: a CCD () serving as an imaging device; a cleaning member () for performing cleaning of the front face of the CCD (); and a cleaning controller () for controlling the movement of the cleaning member (). Cleaning control is carried out so that when the cleaning of the CCD () is started, the cleaning member () is moved to a cleaning position located in front of and in proximity to the CCD (), and when the cleaning of the CCD () is finished, the cleaning member () is moved to a retracted position retracted from the cleaning position. The camera apparatus itself is provided with the function of cleaning the imaging device, thereby enabling reduction in time and effort for a cleaning operation performed on the imaging device.

Camera device, cleaning control method, and cleaning control program

In a camera, a sound input unit inputs a monitoring sound obtained from a monitoring place, and an image generation unit generates a monitoring image obtained from the monitoring place. A sound anomaly detection unit then detects a sound anomaly in the monitoring place based on the monitoring sound, and an image anomaly detection unit detects an image anomaly in the monitoring place based on the monitoring image. A comprehensive anomaly judgment unit comprehensively judges whether or not there is an anomaly based on detection results of the sound anomaly detection unit and the image anomaly detection unit. When the comprehensive anomaly judgment unit judges that there is an anomaly, an anomaly notification unit notifies a controllerof the anomaly. An anomaly can be reliably detected by the comprehensive anomaly judgment.

Monitoring camera device

A surveillance video camera to be operative in combination with a surveillance system for watching an object, includes: an optical section having passed therethrough light to be provided as an image indicative of the object; a converting section constituted by a plurality of pixel units to be exposed to the light provided through the optical section; a plurality of sensitivity enhancing units; a surveillance mode selecting section for selectively setting at least two surveillance modes; and an executing section for allowing the sensitivity enhancing units to start, in sequence corresponding to the selected surveillance mode, to enhance the sensitivity of the converting section, and to stop enhancing the sensitivity of the converting section, the sequences corresponding to the respective surveillance modes being different from each other.

Surveillance video camera with a plurality of sensitivity enhancing units

A camera () and a rotary base receiver () are connected to each other to be capable of transmitting a video signal. In the camera (), a web server () sends out a video signal to the outside and receives a camera remote control signal and a rotary base remote control signal from the outside. A control unit () controls the camera () according to the camera remote control signal. The rotary base remote control signal is superimposed on a video signal to be transmitted to the rotary base receiver () by a video signal circuit (). The rotary base receiver () extracts the rotary base remote control signal from the video signal, and controls a rotary base () according to the rotary base remote control signal. The configuration for a superimposed transmission can be utilized and both the camera and the rotary base can be controlled with ease through communications with the outside.

Monitor camera device, control method for monitor camera device, and program for monitor camera device

Providing camera apparatus and a camera system capable of performing optimum speed control by themselves and even facilitate tracking of a subject by way of a plurality of cameras while using a same controller, even in case the location of the camera or the distance between the camera and the subject has changed, and a method for controlling the camera system The camera apparatus includes: a camera for photographing a subject; a rotating body for rotating the camera in order to track the subject; and a controller for controlling the motion of the rotating body and the operation of the camera; characterized in that the controller includes: an operation determination unit for analyzing and determining the input operation instruction information on the rotating body and the camera; a data holding unit for holding the status information on the photographing operation of the camera; a main control unit for calculating an optimum speed to track the subject based on the information output from the operation determination unit and the data holding unit and outputting the speed to the rotating body; and a drive unit for driving the rotating body.

Camera apparatus, a camera system, and a method for controlling the camera system

A storage means () formed of a rewritable non-volatile memory for recording the operation history of the surveillance camera is provided within the surveillance camera apparatus. An auto panning operation time, a power supply turn-on time, a temperature within the surveillance camera apparatus, the number of preset operations, the number of changing operations of the filter of the camera or the number of a coordinate system resetting operations is recorded, whereby important information at the time of repairing can be provided.

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Haruo Kogane