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Remote image-pickup system, camera device, and card substrate

  • US 7,821,550 B2
  • Filed: 01/11/2005
  • Issued: 10/26/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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