Observation system and observation apparatus
View Patent ↗When application software running on a PC is in the state of being terminated, a switch unit is turned OFF with the control of a CPU and individual motors, and in this state, a light source is not supplied with a motor/lamp-use power source. In this state, however, the CPU and individual I/Fs are supplied with a logic-use power source. Therefore, the switch unit is turned ON when the application software is started, and an initialization process for an individual electrically driven unit is no longer required.
1. An observation system comprising an observation apparatus and an operation apparatus, with the observation apparatus and operation apparatus each having a power source unit, wherein
the operation apparatus comprises an operation unit for remotely controlling the observation apparatus, and
the observation apparatus comprises
at least one electrically driven unit,
a control unit for controlling the electrically driven unit,
a first power supply line used for supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power from the power source unit,
a switch unit which is equipped on the first power supply line and is used for turning on or off power supply to the electrically driven unit,
a second power supply line used for supplying the control unit with electric power from the power source unit, wherein
the control unit supplies the electrically driven unit with electric power by turning on the switch unit at startup and executing an initialization process for the electrically driven unit, then stops the electric power supply to the electrically driven unit by turning off the switch unit, and then controls an on/off changeover of the switch unit in accordance with the state of the operation unit.
2. The observation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit performs a control for turning on the switch unit in accordance with the startup of the operation unit.
3. The observation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit performs a control for turning off the switch unit in accordance with a termination of the operation unit.
4. The observation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit performs control for turning off the switch unit when the operation unit shifts to a pause state, and performs control for turning on the switch unit when the operation unit returns from the pause state.
5. The observation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit monitors a change in the position information of an electric part in the state of the switch unit being Off and, if there is a change therein, transmits post-change position information to the operation unit when performing control for turning on the switch unit.
6. An observation system comprising an observation apparatus and an operation apparatus, with the observation apparatus and operation apparatus each having a power source unit, wherein
the operation apparatus comprises an operation unit for remotely controlling the observation apparatus, and
the observation apparatus comprises
at least one electrically driven unit;
control units which are each equipped correspondingly to each of the electrically driven units and are each constituted by a first power supply line used for supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power, a switch unit which is equipped in the first power supply line and is used for turning on or off the power supply to the electrically driven unit, and a controller unit for controlling the electrically driven unit and also controlling for turning on or off the switch unit;
a main control unit for communicating with the operation apparatus and each of the controller units; and
a second power supply line used for supplying the controller unit and main control unit with electric power, wherein
the main control unit transmits an on-instruction and an initialize instruction to at least one of the controller units to on-control the switch unit in order to cause the controller unit(s) to supply the electrically driven unit(s) with electric power and also to perform an initialization process for the electrically driven unit(s) at startup, and thereafter, transmits an off-instruction to the controller unit(s) to cause it to perform an off-control on the switch unit in order to stop the power supply to the electrically driven unit(s), and thereafter, transmits the on-instruction/off-instruction to at least one of the controller units in accordance with the state of the operation unit, thereby causing the controller unit(s) to perform the on/off changeover control for the switch unit.
7. The observation system according to claim 6 , further comprising
a sensor for detecting the position of an electric part as a target to be driven by the electrically driven unit, wherein
the controller unit obtains position information detected by the sensor at any time in the state of the switch unit being Off and, if there is a change in the position information, notify the change to the main control unit.
8. An observation system comprising an observation apparatus and an operation apparatus, with the observation apparatus and operation apparatus each having a power source unit, wherein
the operation apparatus comprises an operation unit for remotely controlling the observation apparatus, and
the observation apparatus comprises
at least one electrically driven unit,
a control unit for controlling the electrically driven unit,
a first power supply line used for supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power from a power source unit comprised in the observation apparatus, and
a second power supply line used for supplying the control unit with electric power from the operation apparatus, wherein
the control unit on-controls the power source unit so as to cause it to supply the electrically driven unit with electric power, and also executes an initialization process for the electrically driven unit at startup, and then off-controls the power source unit to cause it to stop supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power, and thereafter, on/off-controls the power source unit in accordance with the state of the operation unit.
9. An observation apparatus remotely operated by an instruction from an operation apparatus comprising an operation unit, the observation apparatus comprising:
at least one electrically driven unit;
a control unit for controlling the electrically driven unit;
a power source unit used for externally supplying electric power;
a first power supply line used for supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power from the power source unit;
a switch unit which is equipped in the first power supply line and is used for turning on or off the power supply to the electrically driven unit; and
a second power supply line used for supplying the control unit with electric power from the power source unit, wherein
the control unit supplies the electrically driven unit with electric power by turning on the switch unit at startup and executes an initialization process for the electrically driven unit at startup, then stops the electric power supply to the electrically driven unit by turning off the switch unit, and then controls an on/off changeover of the switch unit in accordance with the state of the operation unit.
10. An observation apparatus remotely operated by an instruction from an operation apparatus comprising an operation unit, the observation apparatus comprising:
at least one electrically driven unit;
a power source unit used for externally supplying electric power;
control units which are each equipped correspondingly to each of the electrically driven units and are each constituted by a first power supply line used for supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power, a switch unit which is equipped in the first power supply line and is used for turning on or off the power supply to the electrically driven unit, and a controller unit for controlling the electrically driven unit and also controlling for turning on or off the switch unit;
a main control unit for communicating with the operation apparatus and each of the controller units; and
a second power supply line used for supplying the controller unit and main control unit with electric power, wherein
the main control unit transmits an on-instruction and an initialize instruction to at least one of the controller units to on-control the switch unit in order to cause the controller unit(s) to supply the electrically driven unit(s) with electric power and also to perform an initialization process for the electrically driven unit(s) at startup, and thereafter, transmits an off-instruction to the controller unit(s) to cause it to perform an off-control the switch unit in order to stop the power supply to the electrically driven unit(s), and thereafter, transmits the on-instruction/off-instruction to at least one of the controller units in accordance with the state of the operation unit, thereby causing the controller unit(s) to perform the on/off changeover control for the switch unit.
11. An observation apparatus remotely operated by an instruction from an operation apparatus comprising an operation unit, the observation apparatus comprising:
at least one electrically driven unit;
a control unit for controlling the electrically driven unit;
a power source unit used for externally supplying electric power;
a first power supply line used for supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power from the power source unit; and
a second power supply line used for supplying the control unit with electric power from the operation apparatus, wherein
the control unit on-controls the power source unit so as to cause it to supply the electrically driven unit with electric power, and also executes an initialization process for the electrically driven unit at startup, and then off-controls the power source unit to cause it to stop supplying the electrically driven unit with electric power, and thereafter, on/off-controls the power source unit in accordance with the state of the operation unit.