US 11,729,357 B2
Image recording arrangement, associated use and method for commissioning an image recording arrangement
Matthias Kuhn, Freiburg (DE); and Alexander Kohler, Freiburg (DE)
Assigned to Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH, Denzlingen (DE)
Filed by Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH, Denzlingen (DE)
Filed on May 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/411,289.
Claims priority of application No. 102018111645.4 (DE), filed on May 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0356839 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 7/183 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/00121 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); A61B 1/0004 (2022.02); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image recording module (33) with at least one image generation unit (2), at least one electronic adapter (5) and a camera control unit (4), each of the at least one image generation units (2) is assigned in each case to one of the at least one electronic adapters (5), and each of the at least one image generation units (2) with the respective assigned electronic adapter (5) and the camera control unit (4) form an image recording arrangement (1), wherein:
each said image generation unit (2) includes at least one image sensor (3),
each said electronic adapter (5) is defined for connection with a specific type of image generation unit and configured to set up a bidirectional data connection between the image sensor (3) and the camera control unit (4) by forming an interface (11) on an image side and a data interface (7) on an opposite side,
each said electronic adapter (5) includes a communication apparatus (6) for transmitting control signals to the image sensor (3) and for receiving output signals from the image sensor (3),
the communication apparatus (6) is already defined specifically for the image sensor (3) before a connection is first set up between the respective electronic adapter (5) and the camera control unit (4), wherein the communication apparatus (6) includes a conversion unit (14) that is configured to convert at least one of data or signals, such that the at least one of the data or signals which reach the respective electronic adapter (5) in a first format are transmittable by said respective electronic adapter (5) in a second format differing from said first format, and
each said electronic adapter (5) is non-destructively disconnectable from the image generation unit (2) upon the data connection being interrupted, such that the camera control unit (4) is adaptable to a new image generation unit through exchange of the adapter (5) or through defining the electronic adapter (5) for connection with the new image generation unit by reprogramming the communication apparatus (6) of the adapter (5) via an interface.