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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2024
Keyence Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Akira Kinoshita, Osaka, JP;
KEYENCE CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An industrial cameraincludes an interface unitcapable of supplying power to an external illuminator, a PoE power supply input unitto which a PoE voltage is input from a PoE power supplyB, a step-down circuitthat steps down the PoE voltage input to the PoE power supply input unit, a power supply selectorfor supplying one of a voltage generated by the step-down circuitand the PoE voltage to the external illuminator, and a processorthat transmits a light emission instruction to the external illuminator. The processorcontrols the power supply selectorto supply the PoE voltage to the external illuminator when the external illuminator is identified as PoE compatible, and to supply the voltage generated by the step-down circuitto the external illuminator when the external illuminator is identified as PoE incompatible.