Patent ID: 11969154
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An imaging system comprising:
a solid-state imaging device in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and configured to transmit an imaging signal of a continuous image that has been captured; and
a control device configured to process the imaging signal transmitted from the solid-state imaging device, and to control an operation of the solid-state imaging device,
wherein the solid-state imaging device includes:
a clock oscillation circuit configured to oscillate and output a reference clock signal;
a pixel unit configured to acquire the imaging signal;
a register configured to store a setting value that defines the operation of the solid-state imaging device;
a processing circuit configured to convert the imaging signal into a digital imaging signal by performing an analog/digital conversion;
a frame configuration circuit configured to generate a serial digital transmission signal that is acquired by embedding a first serial clock signal in the digital imaging signal, wherein the first serial clock signal is a synchronizing signal synchronized with a horizontal synchronizing signal of the captured image; and
a data transmission unit configured to transmit data of the digital transmission signal,

the control device includes:
a clock generation unit configured to generate a second serial clock signal synchronized with the first serial clock signal embedded in the digital imaging signal included in the digital transmission signal that has been transmitted; and
a register setting unit configured to transmit a register setting signal that controls the register in synchronization with the second serial clock signal,

the frame configuration circuit outputs the generated first serial clock signal to the register,
the register determines a control represented by the transmitted register setting signal using the first serial clock signal output from the frame configuration circuit, and stores the setting value according to a determination result, and
the reference clock signal has a higher frequency than the first serial clock signal,
wherein the first serial clock signal, which is embedded in the digital imaging signal and transmitted to the control device, is the same horizontal synchronizing signal used for operation of capturing the image.