Modular electronic imaging system which accepts replacement solid state images
US5493332A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/60
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Solid state electronic cameras are made modular so that replacement of inoperative CCD imagers can be done quickly and inexpensively by storing in the camera heads the operating parameters of each of a variety of imagers such as charge coupled device imagers. A camera head with a replacement imager communicates to a resident controller the parameters of the replacement imager selected. Operating parameters such as clock pulse signals may, in addition, be varied as to pulse width and frequency. The parameters are stored in an address set in a look up table in association with imager identifications.
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