Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Hiroshi Shinozaki

Masatoshi Ookubo

Hiroyuki Irikura

Takashi Tsuda

Kei Tashiro

Koichi Mitsuo

Junya Fukumoto

Tetsuo Sakurai

Hidetaka Nakamura

According to one embodiment, a head-separated camera device includes an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and a connection unit configured to connect the imaging unit and the control unit. The imaging unit includes a sensor configured to capture an image to provide a video signal, a superimposition module configured to superimpose, on serial data, the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal, the serial data serving to reproduce the image captured by the sensor, and a transmitter configured to transmit the serial data to the control unit. The control unit includes a receiver configured to receive the serial data and a separation module configured to separate the serial data received by the receiver, into the video signal, the synchronization signal, and the clock signal.

Head-separated camera device with switchable clocking

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera head separated type camera device including: a camera head; a camera control unit; and a cable connecting the camera head and the camera control unit with each other, wherein the camera control unit includes: a control portion which feeds a predetermined DC (Direct Current) voltage to the camera head, and wherein the camera head includes: an LVDS conversion driver portion which transmits an LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) signal to the camera control unit; a correction control portion which outputs a correction value for the LVDS signal; and an LVDS control portion which controls the LVDS conversion driver portion based on the correction value.

Camera head separated type camera device

According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus includes, an imaging unit which acquires videos, a cable which connects the imaging unit to a control unit, and the control unit which comprises an asynchronous FIFO memory and a signal processing module and controls the imaging unit, the control unit performing transmitting to the imaging unit a drive signal configured to control an image sensor included in the imaging unit, and receiving a video signal including a clock signal or a synchronous signal output from the image sensor and converting this signal into a video signal standardized via the signal processing module.

Method and apparatus for information reproduction

According to one embodiment, a camera control unit outputs serial data containing information for specifying a predetermined control target device to be controlled from among plural control target devices comprised in a camera head. The camera head identifies the control target device specified by the received serial data, and supplies the identified control target device with a select signal for an active state.

Head-separated camera device and control method thereof

According to one embodiment, a head-separated device has an imaging unit, a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and a connection unit configured to connect the imaging unit with the control unit, wherein the imaging unit comprises sensor configured to capture an image, and a transmitter configured to transmit a video signal, a sync signal (HD, VD) and a clock signal to restore or to reproduce the image captured by the sensor, and the control unit comprises a determining module configured to determine whether a waveform of the video signal has a level that the video processor is processable, and a setting module configured to set the transmitter to perform enhancement correction to the video signal, if the determining module determines that the waveform of the video signal does not have the level that the video processor is processable.

Head separated camera apparatus

According to one embodiment, a remote head camera includes a camera control unit, and a camera head configured to be connected to the camera control unit and including an imaging device, a drive signal generator, and a format identifying unit. The drive signal generator generates a drive signal for driving the imaging device. The format identifying unit identifies a format of the imaging device based on a clock count in a synchronization period from a first synchronization pulse to a second synchronization pulse output after the first synchronization pulse. The first synchronization pulse and the second synchronization pulse constitutes a synchronization signal.

Remote head camera

When a user wants to transfer display data of a personal computer to project it by a projector, the user firstly mounts a medium on the projector to depress a dedicated button of a remote controller. Then, since a variety of items of information including random numbers generated from the projector are stored on the medium, the user re-mounts the medium on the personal computer. In this state, when the user initiates a dedicated utility, environment setting for wireless communication based on the variety of items of information stored on the medium is performed and a connection request with the random numbers added thereto is transmitted to the projector. The projector received this connection request replies a permission notification on condition of coincidence in random numbers and the personal computer received this notification automatically starts to transfer the display data.

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Ome, Japan

Hiroshi Shinozaki