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Image input apparatus having interchangeable image pickup device and pan head

  • US 6,445,410 B2
  • Filed: 10/24/1995
  • Issued: 09/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pan head for mounting an image pickup device thereon and for changing the image pickup direction of the image pickup device, said pan head comprising:

  • (a) a holding member for selectively holding one of a plurality of different image pickup devices each of which has a control mode which is different from the other image pickup devices;

    (b) a receiving device that receives from the attached image pickup device an identifying signal that identifies the type of image pickup device being held by said holding member, the identifying signal specifying a pan head operation.

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