vidicon

Japanese: vidicon
vidicon

...Compared to camera tubes, it has advantages such as being small, lightweight, low power, and highly reliable. Also, because it can be positioned accurately, it is expected to be applied to new fields such as various image processing and observation.
[Vidicon, Plumbicon, Saticon]
These are typical photoconductive image pickup tubes, with the latter two being widely used for color television broadcasting. The Vidicon is an image pickup tube developed by RCA in 1950 that uses an Sb 2 S 3 target, and was used for film transmission in broadcasting.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "vidicon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…撮像管と比較して小型軽量,低電力,高信頼性などの長所があり,また,位置指定が正確にできることから各種の画像処理や観測など,新分野への応用も期待される。
[ビジコンvidicon,プランビコンplumbicon,サチコンsaticon]
 これらは代表的光導電形撮像管で,後2者はカラーテレビ放送用に広く使われている。 ビジコンは1950年にRCA社で開発されたSb2S3をターゲットに使用した撮像管で,放送用としてはフィルム送像に用いられた。…

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