Imaging device, imaging system, and imaging method

• Main Authors: Omura Keiji, Yamamoto Kengo, Ohtsuka Aiko, Mano Hiroko, Horikawa Hirofumi, Ohta Yusuke
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.05.2017
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ALARM SYSTEMS; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; GENERATION; HOLOGRAPHY; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS

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.