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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8400500 | Endoscope with alternating irradiate light An endoscope that has an insertion portion that is inserted into an interior of an object and an image pickup device that is provided in the insertion portion, and that observes the interior of the object via the image pickup device, includes: a first LED unit that ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8390679 | Capsule endoscope device A capsule endoscope device includes an illumination unit that illuminates a living tissue using at least one of a white light illumination unit and a special light illumination unit; an imaging unit that captures an image of the tissue; a transmission unit that tran... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8363097 | Endoscopic imaging system An endoscopic imaging system includes an endoscope, a light source assembly coupled to the endoscope that transmits light to the endoscope for illuminating a region of interest, an imaging unit coupled to the light source assembly that receives light through the end... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8334900 | Apparatus and method of optical imaging for medical diagnosis Described herein is a novel 3-D optical imaging system based on active stereo vision and motion tracking for to tracking the motion of patient and for registering the time-sequenced images of suspicious lesions recorded during endoscopic or colposcopic examinations.... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8300092 | In-vivo image acquiring apparatus, in-vivo image receiving apparatus, in-vivo image displaying apparatus, and noise eliminating method An in-vivo image acquiring apparatus includes an operation control unit which controls a black image acquiring operation, in which the operation control unit controls an imaging unit and an illuminating unit in such a manner the imaging unit conducts an image acquir... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8294755 | Light source apparatus and endoscope apparatus A light source apparatus capable of controlling a quantity of light in a stable manner and an endoscope apparatus including the light source apparatus are provided. The light source apparatus includes a light source and a light quantity adjusting portion for limitin... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8284244 | Signal processing system A user system includes a log read-out section for reading out setting state log data, a log data sending section for sending the setting state log data, and a restoration operation activating section for receiving a restore command and performs a restoration operati... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8269824 | Electronic endoscope system for estimating and producing spectral image of arbitrary wavelength band from image signals captured under general illumination light and those captured under specific illumination light An illuminator of an electronic endoscope system is provided with a light emission mechanism that consists of a light source emitting white light as general illumination light and an optical chopper that turns a disc at a revolution speed in front of the light sourc... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8228376 | Image taking apparatus The image taking apparatus includes: a CCD which takes an image of a subject to obtain a shot image; a processor-side CPU which has three or more photometric modes having different analysis schemes to measure brightness of the shot image by analyzing the shot image ... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8212862 | Endoscope system An endoscope system of the present invention has an endoscope which acquires a direct-view field of view image and a side-view field of view image of an object to be observed, a light source apparatus which supplies an illuminating light for illuminating the object ... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8149274 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus of the present invention includes a light quantity adjusting section that adjusts outgoing light quantity from a light source section that generates light irradiating a subject, a current control section that controls a current to be applied t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130264 | Magnification observation apparatus and method for creating high tone image file A high tone image is saved in a versatile image file format to enhance usability. There are provided an imaging unit that images an original image having a predetermined dynamic range, which is a ratio between minimum luminance and maximum luminance; a synthesized i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8018485 | Imaging device An imaging device includes first light sources that have first frequency characteristics; second light sources that have second frequency characteristics different from the first frequency characteristics and that are arranged in positions different from those of th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7924308 | Electronic endoscope apparatus and method of controlling image luminance for electronic endoscope apparatus An image obtained by an electronic endoscope apparatus is changed to an image that is appropriate for observation with suppressed halation and fewer dark areas. Halation detection means detects halation of a predetermined level or higher in an image represented by a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7511733 | Capsule-type medical apparatus A battery self-containing body, which self-contains a battery or a battery accommodating body, which accommodates a battery removably is attached to a capsule body including a drive circuit for driving an imaging device and an illuminating device. Thus, the power su... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7453490 | Correction of image signals characteristic of non-uniform images in an endoscopic imaging system The subject matter hereof relates to systems and methods of providing for correction of image signals characteristic of non-uniform images. Various example embodiments of systems and methods so providing correction include embodiments directed to endoscopic imaging ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7365767 | Apparatus for driving plasma display panel and method for displaying pictures on plasma display panel An apparatus for driving a plasma display panel and a method for processing pictures of a plasma display panel. An input video signal is converted into sub-field data. It is determined whether address consumption power of the sub-field data is high. When the address... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365768 | Endoscope apparatus and function adjusting circuit for endoscope An endoscope includes an insert section, a CCD is mounted at the end of the insert section, and a CCU for producing a video signal is arranged in a control unit connected to a proximal end of the insert unit. The CCU includes a general-purpose DSP board having the f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355625 | Endoscopic imaging system and endoscope system An imaging apparatus having an imaging device for imaging an object in cooperation with an endoscope is connected to a video processing unit for producing a standard video signal so that it can be disconnected freely. A signal delay occurs over a signal line linking... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350712 | Image sensor module architecture Image sensor module architecture provides flexible mounting of illuminators in an imaging apparatus with flexible fasteners. The architecture involves one or more LED-based illuminators that may be mounted adjustably to provide high intensity and uniform profile lum... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336894 | Electronic endoscope system, lighting device for electronic endoscope system, and light controller for electronic endoscope system A lighting device for an electronic endoscope system, includes a light source; a set of rotary shutters having at least two rotary shutters, having a rotational axis parallel to an optical axis of the light source, the rotary shutters alternately intercepting incide... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333541 | Variable square-wave drive device A variable square-wave drive device for controlling square waves using feedback- and bias-control methods. The variable square-wave drive device includes an oscillator for generating a clock pulse; a frequency-divider/duty controller for frequency-dividing the clock... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321385 | Surgical lighting control and video system A surgical light system (10) includes a lighthead (44) coupled to a suspension arm (41′) adapted for mounting to a surface (14) of a surgical room. A bulb (130) is disposed in the lighthead. A processor (120) in the lighth... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7289140 | Video endoscope apparatus A video endoscope apparatus includes a light source unit that alternately emits white light and excitation light, a video endoscope that has a color image sensor and a light guide for guiding the light from the light source unit to the distal end, an image data acqu... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286703 | Image correction apparatus, method and program An identification-data memory is connected to a light-source identifying circuit. Data representing a type of characteristic quantity to be used in making an identification and identification points are stored in the identification-data memory with regard to each ty... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286166 | Calibrating digital cameras for varying ambient light conditions An internal or external device may be utilized to calibrate a digital camera for changing ambient light conditions. The device may include a surface which either provides for white light reflectivity or white light transmissivity for making a first measurement of wh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7262800 | Optical sensor unit provided with radio optical sensor having radio element and radio communication means apart from the radio optical sensor, optical sensor array and method of driving optical sensor To provide an optical sensor unit in which the respective optical sensor elements can be easily provided on a curved surface without using wirings, a reduction in image pickup speed due to wiring delay is prevented to improve a photographing speed, and highly sensit... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247135 | Electronic endoscope apparatus including brightness adjuster An electronic endoscope apparatus has a light source, a luminance calculator, a controller, and a brightness adjuster. The light source illuminates an object. The luminance calculator calculates a luminance level indicating a brightness of an object image on the bas... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235045 | Fluorescence imaging endoscope An endoscope having an optical guide that is optically coupled to a first broadband light source and a second laser light source that emits light at a wavelength in a range of 350 nm to 420 nm. The endoscope has an image sensor at a distal end and collects a reflect... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232410 | Adjusting method for endoscope systems An adjusting method for endoscope systems comprises a first adjusting step, a second light adjusting step and a storing step. The first adjusting step compares video signals, which are produced from illumination light rays that are reflected from an object and whose... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221388 | Endoscope image sensing method and apparatus This invention relates to an endoscope image sensing apparatus which can switch suitable color matrixes in accordance with the type of observation region, the type of light source used, or the like, and obtain good color reproduction corresponding to the type of obs... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214927 | Method and apparatus using liquid crystal light valve to filter incident light on a photodetector In one embodiment, light is detected using a photodetector. If the detected light is causing the photodetector to saturate, one or more liquid crystal light valves are adjusted to filter the amount of incident light on the photodetector. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212737 | Videoendoscopic system A videoendoscopic system (1) including an endoscope optical system (2) and a camera portion (3), the endoscope optical system (2) having an elongated shaft (4) through which an optical image guide (5) and a fiber light guide... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209162 | Electronic endoscope apparatus An electronic endoscope apparatus has a moving-image displayer that reads image-pixel signals from an image sensor at predetermined time intervals to display a moving-image, a light-amount adjuster that adjusts an amount of light for illuminating a subject, and a st... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172552 | Catheter introducer system for exploration of body cavities A self propelling catheter introducer system for exploring a body cavity is disclosed which includes a flexible tubular catheter, an everting tube and a steering section located near the distal end of the catheter that is introduced in a body cavity. The steering se... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172553 | Endoscope system using normal light and fluorescence In the light source unit 3A, a switching filter section 14, which can switch the RGB filter for normal-light observation and a filter for fluorescent observation on the optical path, is installed in front of the lamp 12, where if the fluorescent... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7157837 | Piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric actuator including two or more piezoelectric layers each of which is formed of a piezoelectric material and which are stacked on each other; three or more electrode layers which are stacked alternately with the piezoelectric layers; and one or more a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154552 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus for generating an image signal by adding outputs corresponding to two types of light receiving pixels having different storage time of information charges Two types of image signals are obtained from a solid-state image pickup device in a frame transfer system and subject to signal processing so as to extend the dynamic range. Two types of mutually different image signals are obtained from a solid-state image pickup d... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154527 | Optical device Stereoscopic device including at least two apertures, each including a light valve, a multi wavelength light sensor array and a controllable multi wavelength illumination unit, producing at least two alternating beams of light, each of the beams of light is characte... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140893 | Light source device for medical endoscope A light source device for a medical endoscope system comprises a lamp unit including a xenon lamp and a heat sink, with fins, certain ones of which form electrodes, a lamp housing into which the lamp unit is removably which is provided with first power electrodes an... | 11/28/2006 |
