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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Makoto Ishida, Koshigaya, JP;
Assignee:
Kowa Company Limited, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/316 ; H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/316 ; H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
A TV camera system comprises a TV camera unit and a lens unit that can be attached to, and detached from, the TV camera unit. The lens unit includes an iris mechanism the operation of which is controlled by signals from the TV camera unit. The TV camera unit and lens unit are electrically connected by a cable that also includes an amplifier section that amplifies the signals sent from the TV camera unit to control the operation of the iris.