Endoscopic imaging device for reducing data amount of image signal
US10188266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2209/044
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging device includes: an imaging element that generates an image signal of a subject; an observation method determining unit that determines, based on identification information indicating types of a control device connected to the imaging device, whether the control device adopts a first observation method for processing an image signal indicating a plurality of images of the subject per one frame period or a second observation method for processing an image signal indicating a single image of the subject per one frame period; and a data reducing unit. If the control device adopts the second observation method, the data reducing unit reduces a data amount of the image signal to be transmitted to the control device per unit time such that a transmission rate indicating the data amount of the image signal per unit time is acceptable to the control device that adopts the second observation method.
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