Patent ID: 8294756
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A61B,G01R,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup system, comprising: an image pickup apparatus for picking up an image of a subject and outputting an image pickup signal of the image; a signal processing apparatus having a signal processing circuit which processes the image pickup signal inputted from the image pickup apparatus and generates a video signal that can be outputted to a display section; an output-detection section for detecting the presence or absence of an output of the image pickup signal and the presence or absence of an output of the video signal; a connector section which is able to electrically connect the image pickup apparatus and the signal processing apparatus to each other; and a connection-detection section for detecting the presence or absence of an electrical connection at the connector section wherein the image pickup apparatus and the signal processing apparatus include first and second Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) that are able to generate a Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) chain, respectively, and the connection-detection section detects the presence or absence of an electrical connection at the connector section using the JTAG chains created by the first and second FPGAs.