Remote image-pickup system, camera device, and card substrate
First Claim
1. A remote image-pickup system, comprising:
- a camera device includingan image-pickup unit configured to capture an image of a subject and to generate video signals;
a generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal and a chrominance signal from said video signals; and
a card slot including a backboard connector, the backboard connector configured to receive the luminance signal, the chrominance signal, and a camera operation control signal separately from each other;
a plurality of card substrates configured to be individually inserted into the card slot and to connect with the backboard connector, each card substrate including a converting unit configured to convert the luminance signal and the chrominance signal to output converted signals having a format compatible with an external device; and
a relay device connected to the camera device, said relay device including another card slot including another backboard connector, the another backboard connector configured to receive the luminance signal, the chrominance signal, and the camera operation control signal separately from each other, said relay device is configured to communicate said converted signals having a format compatible with an external device to a plurality of external devices remote from the image-pickup unit which perform different functions.
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Abstract
A remote image-pickup system includes a camera device including an image-pickup unit for capturing an image of a subject and generating picture signals and a card slot; and a plurality of types of card substrates which are selectively inserted into the card slot and which convert the format of the picture signals so as to output the converted signals to an external device. By inserting different card substrates into the card slot, a plurality of formats of picture signals can be output from the camera device. Accordingly, the format of the picture signals output from the camera device can be flexibly expanded. Further, since many circuits for converting the picture signals need not be incorporated into the camera device, an increase in the size and price of the camera device can be prevented.
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37 Claims
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1. A remote image-pickup system, comprising:
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a camera device including an image-pickup unit configured to capture an image of a subject and to generate video signals; a generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal and a chrominance signal from said video signals; and a card slot including a backboard connector, the backboard connector configured to receive the luminance signal, the chrominance signal, and a camera operation control signal separately from each other; a plurality of card substrates configured to be individually inserted into the card slot and to connect with the backboard connector, each card substrate including a converting unit configured to convert the luminance signal and the chrominance signal to output converted signals having a format compatible with an external device; and a relay device connected to the camera device, said relay device including another card slot including another backboard connector, the another backboard connector configured to receive the luminance signal, the chrominance signal, and the camera operation control signal separately from each other, said relay device is configured to communicate said converted signals having a format compatible with an external device to a plurality of external devices remote from the image-pickup unit which perform different functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A camera device, comprising:
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an image-pickup unit configured to capture an image of a subject and to generate video signals; a generation unit configured to generate a luminance signal and a chrominance signal from said video signals; and a card slot including a backboard connector, the backboard connector configured to receive the luminance signal, the chrominance signal, and a camera operation control signal separately from each other said card slot configured to accommodate insertion of a plurality of card substrates configured to be individually inserted into said card slot and to connect with the backboard connector, each card substrate including a converting unit configured to convert the luminance signal and the chrominance signal to output converted signals having a format compatible with an external device, wherein said camera device is connected to a relay device including another card slot including another backboard connector, the another backboard connector configured to receive the luminance signal, the chrominance signal, and the camera operation control signal separately from each other, said relay device is configured to communicate said converted signals having a format compatible with an external device to a plurality of external devices remote from the image-pickup unit which perform different functions. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A card substrate configured to be inserted into a card slot provided in a camera device for capturing an image of a subject and generating video signals including a luminance signal and a chrominance signal provided separately from each other to a backboard connector of the camera device,
said card substrate further configured to receive the separately provided luminance signal and the separately provided chrominance signal from the backboard connector of the camera device and to convert the format of the separately provided luminance signal and the separately provided chrominance signal generated by the camera device to output converted signals to an external device, wherein said camera device is connected to a relay device including another card slot including another backboard connector, the another backboard connector configured to receive the luminance signal, the chrominance signal, and the camera operation control signal separately from each other, and said relay device is configured to communicate said converted signals having a format compatible with an external device to a plurality of external devices remote from the camera device which perform different functions.
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