JPH06121220A - Integral type image pickup and receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify image pickup of a document or the like and to attain image pickup while the document or the like is set to a position easily read by the operator. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with a device fixing section 5 fixing an image pickup device 1, a slide section 2 accommodating the image pickup device fixing section 5 to a device case 17, and a turning mechanism section 6 turning only the image pickup device fixing section 5 of the slide section 2, and the device is provided with a memory, an upper/lower direction read control circuit, a left right direction read control circuit and an image pickup mode changeover switch. The integral type image pickup device and receiver as above simply picks up a document or the like and the image pickup is executed easily while the operator places the document or the like at an easily read position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated image pickup and image receiving device for transmitting digital video signals, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 13 shows a schematic view of an integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus as a conventional example. In the figure, 17 is a housing of the apparatus, 1 is an imaging device for converting an image of an imaged object into a video signal, and the imaging device 1 is fixed to the housing 17. A CCD camera is an example of the imaging device. Reference numeral 18 denotes an imaged object which is a subject of the image pickup device 1, and is a paper on which a character of “positive” is written in a state of standing upright in the front direction with respect to the apparatus. In the figure, the left and right are expressed in reverse, but this indicates that the character “correct” is directed to the device and is being imaged by the imaging device. Reference numeral 3 denotes an image receiving device for displaying a video signal on the screen, and examples thereof include an LCD monitor and a CRT monitor.

Further, FIG. 14 shows a block diagram when transmitting and receiving a digital video signal of the integrated image pickup and image receiving device. 1
Reference numeral a is the above-mentioned image pickup device, and reference numeral 7a is an A / D conversion circuit for converting an analog video signal into a digital video signal. Reference numeral 8a is a digital signal transmission circuit that processes a digital signal and transmits it to the partner station, and an encoding compression circuit or the like can be given as an example. Reference numeral 9 is a line for transmitting the digital video signal processed by the digital signal transmission circuit 8a from the own station to the partner station, and examples thereof include an ISDN line and a satellite line. Reference numeral 10b is a digital signal receiving circuit for receiving a digital video signal, and a decoding / expansion circuit or the like can be given as an example. Reference numeral 11b is a D / A conversion circuit for converting a digital video signal into an analog video signal. 3b
Is an image receiving device that displays an analog video signal on the screen of the device. Reference numeral 3a is an image receiving device for displaying a video signal on the screen. Reference numeral 11a is a D / A conversion circuit for converting an analog video signal into a digital video signal. 10
Reference numeral a is a digital signal receiving circuit for receiving a digital signal. Reference numeral 9 indicates a line similar to the above. Further, 8b is a digital signal transmission circuit for transmitting a digital signal. Reference numeral 7b is a D / A conversion circuit for converting an analog video signal into a digital video signal. Reference numeral 1b is an image pickup device for converting the image pickup object 18 into a video signal. It is assumed that the above-mentioned a is provided in the device of the own station and b is provided in the device of the partner station.

An example of an integrated image pickup and image receiving device is a videophone. FIG. 15 assumes that the screen configuration of the monitor of the image receiving device 3 is 26 lines in total from A to Z and the number of pixels is 256 pixels per line. That is, sampling by the A / D conversion circuits 7a and 7b and the D / A conversion circuits 11a and 11b corresponds to 256 pixels in the horizontal direction on the screen.

FIG. 16 is a schematic view of another conventional example of an integrated image pickup and image receiving device, FIG. 17 is a side view when the device picks up an image of a document, and FIG. 18 is a side view thereof. The time of imaging is shown. In the figure, those denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 13 indicate the same or corresponding parts, 19 is an imaging device fixing part, 20 is an imaging device rotating mechanism part for rotating the imaging device fixing part 19, and 21 is Arm part 22
It is an arm rotation mechanism section for rotating the.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 13, first, the character “positive” of the imaged object which is the subject is converted into an analog video signal by the imaging device 1. Next, this analog video signal is converted into a digital video signal by the A / D conversion circuit 7a, transmitted by the digital signal processing circuit 8a, and then transmitted from the local station to the partner station via the line 9. The video signal received by the digital signal receiving circuit of the partner station 10b is the D / A conversion circuit 11b.
Is converted into an analog signal by the input device and then input to the image receiving device. The image receiving device 3b inputs a video signal and displays an image on the screen of the image receiving device 3 in FIG. At this time, the video signals are A0 to A256, then B0 to B256,
..., Z0 to Z256 are sequentially displayed, and the characters "correct" are displayed.

The analog video signal picked up by the image pickup device of the partner station is processed by the A / D conversion circuit 7b.
Converted to digital video signal. After that, the video signal is sent from the partner station to its own station through the line 9. The digital video signal received by the digital signal receiving circuit 10a of the own station is converted into an analog video signal by the D / A conversion circuit 11a and displayed on the screen of the image receiving device.

When the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus shown in FIG. 16 picks up an image of a document or the like, as shown in FIG. 17, the arm rotation mechanism section 21 is rotated so that the image pickup device fixing section 19 is laid down. At the same time, the imaging device rotation mechanism section 20 is rotated to image the imaging object 18 as shown in FIG.

[0009]

Since the conventional integrated type image pickup and image receiving apparatus is constructed as described above, the image pickup object as the subject must be placed in front of the image pickup device in order to perform the image pickup. In addition, there is a problem that it is necessary to lean it vertically and that an imaged object such as a paper surface must be held by hand.

[0010] Another device is one for picking up an imaged object by placing it in the housing of the device, but since the surface on which the imaged object is placed is inclined, it must be held by hand again, and the rotation mechanism section is required. It is mechanically complicated because it has two locations. Further, there is a problem in that the imaging device fixing portion is supported by the arm portion and a load is applied to the arm portion rotating mechanism, which causes a problem in durability.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain an integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus which can easily pick up various image pickup objects.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an integrated type image pickup and image receiving apparatus, which is capable of moving an arrangement position of an image pickup device relative to a housing to which the image pickup device is attached. It is equipped with.

In addition to the moving means, the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention includes image pickup direction changing means for changing the image pickup direction of the image pickup device.

In the integrated type image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the third invention, the image pickup direction changing means changes the image pickup direction by rotating the image pickup device.

An integrated image pickup and image receiving device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention comprises image pickup direction changing means such as a mirror for changing the propagation direction of an image from an image pickup object to an image pickup device.
It is characterized in that the imaging direction of the imaging device is changed.

The integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the invention is characterized in that the direction of the image input to the image pickup device is detected, the direction is corrected, and then the image signal is output.

An integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized by detecting the orientation of an image input to an image pickup device and outputting an image signal to which information regarding the orientation of the image is added. .

[0018]

In the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the image pickup device conventionally fixed to the housing is moved to a desired position by the moving means sliding or rotating the image pickup device. Can be moved.

In the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the image pickup direction changing unit is provided in addition to the moving unit, the conventional image pickup device can input the image only from the front. On the other hand, it becomes possible to move the imaging device and input images from imaging objects in different directions.

In the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus of the third invention, the image pickup direction is changed by rotating the image pickup device.

In the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the invention, the reflection direction of the image is changed by utilizing the reflection of the mirror without changing the physical orientation of the image pickup device. It is possible to capture images from different directions.

In the integrated image pickup and image receiving device according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the image input to the integrated image pickup and image receiving device according to the first to fourth aspects of the invention has a vertical or horizontal inversion or a certain rotation angle. In response to the input, the direction of the image is detected, the direction is corrected, and the image signal is output, so that a signal that is the same as the conventional one can be sent to the partner device.

In the integrated type image pickup and image receiving device according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the image by the integrated type image pickup and image receiving device described in the first to fourth aspects is a signal different from the normal orientation such as upside down or horizontal inversion. When sending to the other device, information indicating the direction is added to the video signal. Therefore, the partner device, which receives the video signal added with the information about the orientation of the video, corrects the video signal based on the information about the orientation and displays it in the correct orientation.

[0024]

EXAMPLES Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be shown below in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a slide portion of an integrated image pickup and image receiving device is stored. FIG. 2 is a diagram in which the slide portion is pulled out. FIG. 3 shows a case where a subject such as a document is imaged. In FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG.
Those given the same reference numerals as in FIG. 13 indicate the same or corresponding portions. Reference numeral 2 in FIG. 2 denotes a slide unit that slides the imaging device to the left and right, 5 denotes an imaging device fixing unit that fixes the imaging device, and 6 denotes a rotation mechanism unit that rotates the imaging device fixing unit. Further, FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the digital video signal transmission processing of the present apparatus. In FIG.
Those denoted by the same reference numerals as in the above indicate the same or corresponding portions. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 12 is a memory for storing the A / D converted video signal. Reference numeral 13 denotes a vertical read control unit that controls whether the video signal stored in the memory 12 is read from the top or bottom depending on whether the normal imaging or the imaging of a document or the like is performed. Reference numeral 14 is a left-right direction read control circuit for controlling whether the video signal stored in the memory 12 is read out from the left or right depending on whether the normal imaging or the imaging of a document is performed. It is an imaging mode switching switch for switching whether or not to perform imaging. When the switch 15 is off, the vertical read control circuit performs the read in the same order as the write order, and the horizontal read control circuit similarly performs the read in the same order as the write order. When the switch 15 is turned on, the vertical read control circuit performs the read in the reverse order of the written order, and similarly, the horizontal read control circuit performs the read in the reverse order of the written order.
Also, the reception of the digital video signal is performed in the same manner as when the local station shown in FIG. 14 receives the digital video signal.

Next, the operation will be described. At the time of normal imaging, as shown in FIG. 1, the slide unit 2 is housed inside the housing,
A subject is imaged by the imaging device 1. When capturing an object such as a document, the slide unit 2 is pulled out from the housing 17 and the rotation mechanism unit 6 is operated to rotate the imaging device fixing unit 5 downward as shown in FIG. The image of the imaged object 18 is taken. In this state, the front surface of the image pickup device and the surface of the subject face each other in parallel. At this time, the image pickup device 1 recognizes the character “correct” written on the image pickup object 18 upside down, left and right. The video signal imaged in FIG. 3 is converted into an A / D digital video signal by the A / D conversion circuit 7 a and stored in the memory 12. When an image of a document or the like is picked up, the image pickup mode changeover switch 15 causes the up / down direction read control circuit 13 to read the up / down direction in reverse, and the left / right direction read control circuit 14 reads in the left / right direction. This video signal is transmitted from the digital signal transmitting circuit 8a to the partner station. From the above, the image receiving device of the partner station is Z256 to Z0 shown in FIG.
.., B256 to B0, A256 to A0, and so on. Therefore, when the image pickup device of the own station moves the letters "positive" written on the image pickup object 18 up and down,
Even if the left and right sides are recognized, it is possible to transmit the correct "correct" character to the partner station.

The integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to this embodiment has a slide portion for sliding the image pickup device and an image pickup device fixing portion for fixing the image pickup device, and a rotation mechanism portion between the slide portion and the image pickup device fixing portion. And a mechanism for pulling out the slide part is provided in the housing. Further, the apparatus is provided with a memory, a vertical read control circuit, and a horizontal read control circuit, and is further provided with a changeover switch for normal imaging and for imaging a subject such as a document.

In the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus of this embodiment, when a document is imaged, the slide portion is pulled out from the housing, the image pickup device fixing portion is rotated right below, and the image pickup device is attached to the subject. Make it horizontal. Further, the picked-up video signal is converted into a digital signal, the output thereof is written in the memory, and the read-out of the memory is read out in the same order as the writing by the change-over switch, or the up-down and left-right readings are reversed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the image pickup device, the image pickup device fixing portion for fixing the image pickup device, the slide for accommodating the image pickup device fixing portion in the apparatus housing, and only the image pickup device fixing portion of the slide portion are rotated. An A / D conversion circuit for converting an analog video signal into a digital video signal, a D / A conversion circuit for converting a digital video signal into an analog video signal, and a video signal A memory for writing and reading, a vertical read control circuit for controlling the vertical read of digital video signals, a horizontal read control circuit for controlling the horizontal read of digital video signals, during normal imaging and during imaging of documents, etc. Image pickup mode selector switch that switches between the two, digital signal transmission circuit that transmits digital video signals, digital video It is equipped with a digital signal receiving circuit for receiving signals, and when imaging a document etc., the imaging device fixing part is pulled out by the slide part, and the imaging device fixing part is rotated by the rotation mechanism part, and the imaging device is imaged toward the object to be imaged. . At this time, the image from the imaged object is converted into an analog image signal by the imaging device, the signal is converted into a digital image signal by the A / D conversion circuit, and then written into the memory. When capturing an image of a document, etc., the image mode switching switch is used to switch the mode when capturing an image of the document, etc., and the digital video signal written in the memory is read from the top and bottom in the reverse order by the vertical read control circuit. In addition, the left-right direction reading circuit reads the digital video signals written in the memory from the left and right in the order in which they were written, and the digital signal transmission circuit sends the digital video signals from this device of the own station to the image receiving device of the partner station. To be As described above, this integrated image pickup and image receiving device simply picks up an image of a document or the like and transmits a video signal.

Example 2. In the above embodiment, the case where the image pickup device is rotated by the rotation mechanism unit 6 to change the image pickup direction is shown, but the image pickup direction may be changed without rotating the image pickup device as described below. 5, 6 and 7 are views showing an integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to this embodiment. 5, 6, and 7, in FIGS.
The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 indicate the same or corresponding portions. In FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, 4 is a half mirror, and 16 is a half mirror 4 that can be closed during normal image capturing and opens the half mirror 4 to a position where a document or the like can be captured when capturing a document or the like. It is a half mirror support mechanism that is fixed by fixing. FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of this embodiment.
In FIG. 4, the imaging mode selector switch 15 is set to 1
Although the case where only one is provided to control the vertical read control circuit and the horizontal read control circuit is shown, in this example, two imaging mode changeover switches 15 are provided, and the vertical read control circuit and the horizontal read control circuit are provided. It is designed to operate independently. Further, the image pickup mode changeover switch 15 is provided for the up / down reversal detection unit 2 respectively.
It is turned on and off by 0a and the left and right reverse rotation detection unit 20b.
The up-down reversal detection unit and the left-right reversal detection unit are the rotation state of the rotation mechanism unit 6 or the half mirror support mechanism 1 as described above.
The state of the half mirror 6 is detected. When the imaging mode changeover switch is automatically switched according to the detection result and the vertical and horizontal directions are reversed, the correction is automatically performed and the video signal is output in the same format as a normal signal.

Next, the operation will be described. During normal imaging, the slide unit 2 is housed inside the housing, and the half mirror support mechanism 16 is operated to move the half mirror 4 to the imaging device 1
The front side is arranged so as to be parallel to the front side of the image pickup device 1, and the half mirror 4 is set in a transmissive state to perform image pickup. At the time of capturing an image of a document or the like, the slide unit 2 is pulled out from the housing, and the half mirror support mechanism 16 is operated to incline the half mirror 4 on the front surface of the image capturing device 1 as shown in FIG. Then, an image pickup object is installed below the casing, and the image reflected by the half mirror 4 is taken into the image pickup device 1 to pick up an image. At this time, the image pickup device recognizes the character "correct" written on the image pickup object in the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 4, the image signal captured is an A / D conversion circuit 7
It is converted by a and stored in the memory 12. When capturing an image of this document or the like, the changeover switch 15 reads the video signal in the vertical direction as it is by the vertical direction read control circuit 13, and the horizontal direction in the reverse direction is read by the horizontal direction read control circuit 14 from the digital signal transmission circuit 8a to the partner station. Send the video signal. From the above, the image receiving device of the partner station is A256 to A0 and B256 to B in FIG.
Since the video signals are sequentially displayed from 0, ..., Z256 to Z0, even if the image pickup device of the own station recognizes the character “correct” written on the imaged object 18 in the left-right direction, the correct “ It is possible to send the character "positive".

As described above, in this embodiment, the image pickup device, the slide portion for accommodating the image pickup device in the apparatus casing, and the upper portion of the front face of the image pickup device are used as the fulcrum to incline from the horizontal to the image input position with respect to the front face of the image pickup device. A / has a half mirror that can be held and fixed, and its supporting mechanism, and that converts analog video signals into digital video signals in the device.
D conversion circuit, D / A conversion circuit for converting digital video signal into analog video signal, memory for writing and reading video signal, vertical read control circuit for controlling vertical read of digital video signal, digital A horizontal reading control circuit that controls the horizontal reading of video signals, an imaging mode switch that switches between normal imaging and imaging of documents, a digital signal transmission circuit that transmits digital video signals, and receives digital video signals Equipped with a digital signal receiving circuit, the imaging device fixing part is pulled out by the slide part when imaging documents etc.
The half mirror support mechanism is operated to capture the image from the object reflected by the half mirror. At this time, the image from the imaged object is converted into an analog image signal by the imaging device, the signal is converted into a digital image signal by the A / D conversion circuit, and then written into the memory. When capturing an image of a document, etc., the mode is switched by the image capturing mode selection switch when capturing an image of the document etc., and the digital video signals written in the memory are read by the vertical read control circuit in the same order as they were written. The digital video signal written in the memory by the horizontal direction reading circuit is read from the left and right of the written order from the reverse,
The digital signal transmission circuit sends a digital video signal from the present apparatus of the own station to the image receiving apparatus of the partner station. As described above, this integrated image pickup and image receiving device simply picks up an image of a document or the like and transmits a video signal.

Example 3. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an imaging device.
The image pickup device 1 can rotate at least 90 degrees or more with a certain axis as a fulcrum as shown by an arrow A. Further, the image pickup device 1 can slide as shown by an arrow B. If the imaging device is oriented downward in the figure, it is possible to capture an image from the imaging object 18. if,
When the vertical length Y of the imaged object 18 is large, the imaging device 1 can image the entire imaged object 18 by gradually changing the angle as shown by the arrow A. Similarly,
If the lateral width X of the imaged object 18 is wide, the imaging device 1 can slide as shown by the arrow B to image the entire imaged object 18. Further, when the image pickup device 1 is oriented in the horizontal direction in the drawing, it is possible to pick up an image of a person or the like on the front surface of the apparatus as in the conventional case.

Example 4. FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In the apparatus shown in FIG. 10, the imaging device 1 is rotated by 90 degrees as shown by the arrow in the figure to move the arrangement position of the imaging device 1. As shown in FIG. 10, the screen of the image receiving device 3 is usually short in the horizontal direction X,
The vertical direction Y has a long rectangular shape. When displaying an image of an image pickup object having a long horizontal direction in the display area of such an image receiving device, the left and right are interrupted, which is inconvenient. In such a case, the entire image of the image pickup device 1 is displayed on the image receiving device 3 by rotationally moving the image pickup device 1 to the position shown by the dotted line in FIG. Will be possible.

Example 5. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the image pickup device 1 is provided at the tip of a flexible casing that can be turned upside down, leftward and rightward 360 degrees. Since the imaging device is provided in the flexible housing as described above, the imaging direction can be freely changed by the operator's hand or the like.

Example 6. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a reverse rotation detecting unit that detects reverse rotation of the image of the image pickup device 1. Reference numeral 12a is a memory for storing an image. The memory 12a is the reverse rotation detection unit 2
When it is detected that the image is reversed by 0, it is a normal signal with respect to the video signal from the image pickup device 11a, whether it is vertically reversed or horizontally reversed, and further vertically and horizontally reversed. It is stored after adding identification information as to whether or not it is present. The image signal to which the information indicating the direction of the video is added is directly output to the partner station. When the partner station receives the video signal to which the information about this orientation is added, the up / down / left / right conversion circuit 21 determines from the information about the orientation whether it is a normal image, a vertically inverted image, a horizontally inverted image, or an vertically inverted image. The image of is corrected and converted to a normal image. The image receiving device 3b displays an image based on the signal corrected to the normal image signal by the up / down / left / right conversion circuit.

Example 7. In the above embodiment, the case where the vertical and horizontal directions or the vertical and horizontal directions are reversed has been described, but it is also possible to take an image at an angle of 45 degrees or an angle of 60 degrees. In this case, the angle is corrected and then a normal image is sent to the partner station.

Example 8. In the above embodiments, the integrated image pickup and image receiving device has been described as an example, but the present invention mainly relates to the image pickup device, and the image pickup device and the image receiving device are not integrated in the integrated image pickup and image receiving device. It does not matter even if there is only an imaging device having an imaging device.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, when imaging various objects such as documents, the object can be placed at an arbitrary position and can be easily imaged. Further, when the subject is a document or the like, there is an effect that the operator of the apparatus can place the document or the like in a direction in which it is easy to read and take an image.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an integrated image pickup and image receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of an integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of an integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the first embodiment of the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a schematic view of an integrated imaging and image receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the integrated image pickup and image receiving device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a conventional integrated imaging and image receiving device.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a block diagram of a conventional integrated imaging and image receiving device.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a conventional integrated imaging and image receiving device.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a schematic diagram of a conventional integrated imaging and image receiving device.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a side view when the conventional integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus picks up an image of a document or the like.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an embodiment when a conventional integrated image pickup and image receiving device picks up an image of a document or the like.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Imaging device 2 Slide part 3 Image receiving device 4 Half mirror 5 Imaging device fixed part 6 Rotation mechanism part 7a A / D conversion circuit 7b A / D conversion circuit 8a Digital signal transmission circuit 8b Digital signal transmission circuit 9 Line 10a Digital signal reception circuit 10b Digital signal receiving circuit 11a D / A conversion circuit 11b D / A conversion circuit 12 Memory 13 Vertical direction read control circuit 14 Horizontal direction read control circuit 15 Imaging mode changeover switch 16 Half mirror support mechanism 17 Housing 18 Imaging object 19 Imaging device Fixed part 20 Imaging device rotation mechanism part 21 Arm rotation mechanism part 22 Arm part

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Matsui 1-6, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Tsutomu Irishima 1-6-1, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Ryuji Dewa 2-25 Sakaemachi, Koriyama City Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Koriyama Works (72) Inventor Dosho Yamada 2-25 Sakaemachi, Koriyama City Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Koriyama Inside the Works (72) Inventor Masao Arita 2-25 Sakaemachi, Koriyama City Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Inside the Koriyama Works

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An integrated imaging and image receiving apparatus comprising an image pickup device for inputting an image of an image pickup object and outputting a video signal, and a casing having the image pickup device, wherein an arrangement position of the image pickup device is set to the casing. An integrated image pickup and image receiving device, characterized in that it is provided with a moving means for moving it relative to. 2. The integrated image pickup and image receiving device,
The integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising image pickup direction changing means for changing an image pickup direction of the image pickup device. 3. The integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image pickup direction changing means changes the image pickup direction by rotating the image pickup device. 4. An integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus comprising an image pickup device for inputting an image of an image pickup object and outputting a video signal, and a housing having the image pickup device. An integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus, comprising an image pickup direction changing means for changing the image pickup direction by changing the propagation direction. 5. The integrated imaging and image receiving apparatus further detects the orientation of an image input to the imaging device, corrects the orientation, and then outputs an image signal. 2. The integrated image pickup and image receiving device according to 2, 3, or 4. 6. The integrated image pickup and image receiving apparatus further detects a direction of an image input to the image pickup device, and outputs a video signal to which information regarding the direction is added. 2. The integrated image pickup and image receiving device according to 2, 3, or 4.