Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Tooru Katsurai

Kazunori Miyazawa

Kenji Fujino

Hisanori Hayashi

Shuuji Yamamoto

Ryoutatsu Iga

Gentarou Fukano

Harumi Wada

A data collection system includes a plurality of sensor modules each provided with a sensor unit, and a data collecting device. The data collecting device () is provided with: a clock output unit () which outputs a clock signal; an enable signal output unit () which outputs to a prescribed sensor module () an enable signal at intervals equal to or greater than the number of clock signals corresponding to the number of sensor modules (); a counter () which counts the number of clock signals; and a sensor signal input unit () into which data output by the sensor modules () is input via a bus line, and which records said data in association with the count value. Using the clock signal as a trigger, each sensor module () functions as a shift register feeding the enable signal to the subsequent stage sensor module (), and each sensor module () outputs output data from the sensor unit () in said sensor module () to the sensor signal input unit () only when the enable signal has been fed to said sensor module ().

Data collection system

An object of the present invention is to realize a camera system suitable for remote monitoring. The present invention is made by making improvements to a camera system that transmits camera image data to a network. The camera system includes a camera head including an image sensor and a sensor controller that controls the image sensor; a video signal processing means that performs video signal processing on image data from the image sensor; and a web server which transmits image data from the video signal processing means as the camera image data to the network, receives control data from the network, and controls at least the sensor controller or the video signal processing means.

Camera system for transferring both image data and an image processing program to transfer the image data to an external device

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Musashino, Japan

Tooru Katsurai