Patent ID: 6803950
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An imaging system having at least one camera device for performing pre-set signal processing on an imaging signal generated responsive to imaging light of an object and a camera controller for adjusting various functions of the camera device; said camera controller comprising:operating means; memory means for holding in memory a file stating items of the controllable ranges of said functions, each of said controllable ranges being defined by a maximum value and a minimum value and being indicative of the range of values within which the value of a particular function may be set to at any given time, whereby at least one of said controllable ranges may be set such that it is not equal to the full adjustable range of the corresponding function as defined by said camera device; and control means for reading out said file from said memory means for controlling said camera device so that the functions of the items stated in said file will be adjusted responsive to setting input of said operating means, wherein said control means controls said camera device so that, if an item of said file is deleted based on a setting input of said operating means, the functions of the deleted item will be held in the initial setting state; whereby said file is communicated from said memory means to said control means via a data converter that is operable to perform protocol conversion on said file, and said data converter is operable to convert data among more than two protocols.