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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Hidetaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Shinozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Sakurai, Saitama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.