Updateable endoscopic video imaging system with unified electro-optic cable
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1. A camera assembly, comprising:
- a camera for generating image data;
a control unit detachably coupled to said camera and receptive of the image data, said control unit having a network connection;
a storage accessible by said control unit;
a first set of data stored on said storage;
a second set of data stored on said storage;
wherein when said camera is coupled to said control unit, said camera is identified and one of said first set or said second set of data is selected based on the camera identification for processing the image data.
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Abstract
A control unit is detachably coupled to a camera and receptive of the imaging data with a plurality of data processing instructions being stored on the camera and/or the control unit such that when the camera is coupled to the control unit, the plurality of data processing instructions transfer the imaging data from the camera to the control unit. The data processing instructions being field upgradeable with a portable upgrading module which may couple directly to either the camera and/or the control unit.
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1. A camera assembly, comprising:
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a camera for generating image data; a control unit detachably coupled to said camera and receptive of the image data, said control unit having a network connection; a storage accessible by said control unit; a first set of data stored on said storage; a second set of data stored on said storage; wherein when said camera is coupled to said control unit, said camera is identified and one of said first set or said second set of data is selected based on the camera identification for processing the image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A camera assembly, comprising:
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a camera for generating image data; a control unit detachably coupled to said camera and receptive of the image data; camera operating instructions stored on said camera; and control unit operating instructions stored on said control unit; wherein when said camera is coupled to said control unit, said camera operating instructions on said camera cooperate with said control unit operating instructions on said control unit to transfer and process the image data from said camera to said control unit; wherein the control unit operating instructions are capable of configuring both a formatter field programmable gate array and a processor field programmable gate array and the image data is stored on said control unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A camera assembly, comprising:
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a camera for generating image data; a control unit detachably coupled to said camera and receptive of the image data, said control unit having a network connection; a storage accessible by said control unit; a plurality of sets of image processing data stored on said storage; a set of data processing data stored on said storage; wherein when said camera is coupled to said control unit, said camera is identified and one of said plurality of image processing data is selected based on the camera identification for processing the image data and said set of data processing data is used for processing said image data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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