Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, imaging system, and imaging method
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Application No.: US14397508Application Date: 2013-05-17
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Publication No.: US09661278B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Keiji Omura , Kengo Yamamoto , Hiroko Mano , Hirofumi Horikawa , Yusuke Ohta , Aiko Ohtsuka
- Applicant: Keiji Omura , Kengo Yamamoto , Hiroko Mano , Hirofumi Horikawa , Yusuke Ohta , Aiko Ohtsuka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IPUSA, PLLC
- Priority: JP2012-115532 20120521
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/064422 WO 20130517
- International Announcement: WO2013/176237 WO 20131128
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G03B15/00 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/247 ; G03B17/02 ; G03B17/56 ; H02G3/04 ; G08B13/196

Abstract:
An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured take a plurality of images, the imaging unit including a plurality of imaging parts each configured to acquire an imaging data item relevant to one of the plurality of images taken, and a wiring part configured to transmit a plurality of the imaging data items acquired by the plurality of imaging parts. The wiring part includes an external part forming an outline of the wiring part, and a cable part disposed inside the external part. The plurality of imaging parts are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the wiring part, and the imaging unit is configured to acquire the plurality of the imaging data items corresponding to a plurality of imaging positions, and transmit the plurality of the imaging data items by using the cable part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150130946A1 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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