IMAGING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An imaging system, comprising:
- a lens unit including an imaging device which converts an optical image representing an object into image data by an imaging unit;
a main body unit which holds the lens unit in such a manner that the lens unit is attachable to and detachable from the main body unit; and
a controller configured, by use of an integrated firmware in which one or a plurality of firmwares of the lens unit and one or a plurality of firmwares of the main body unit are integrated, to exchange the integrated firmware between the lens unit and the main body unit via a communication device, and to upgrade one of the firmwares with a corresponding firmware in the integrated firmware.
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Abstract
An imaging system has a lens unit including an imaging device which converts an optical image representing an object into image data by an imaging unit, a main body unit which holds the lens unit in such a manner that the lens unit is attachable to and detachable from the main body unit and a controller configured, by use of an integrated firmware in which one or a plurality of firmwares of the lens unit and one or a plurality of firmwares of the main body unit are integrated, to exchange the integrated firmware between the lens unit and the main body unit via a communication device, and to upgrade one of the firmwares with a corresponding firmware in the integrated firmware.
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1. An imaging system, comprising:
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a lens unit including an imaging device which converts an optical image representing an object into image data by an imaging unit; a main body unit which holds the lens unit in such a manner that the lens unit is attachable to and detachable from the main body unit; and a controller configured, by use of an integrated firmware in which one or a plurality of firmwares of the lens unit and one or a plurality of firmwares of the main body unit are integrated, to exchange the integrated firmware between the lens unit and the main body unit via a communication device, and to upgrade one of the firmwares with a corresponding firmware in the integrated firmware. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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