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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8040373 | Endoscope spectral image system apparatus An endoscope spectral image system is provided and includes: an image recording apparatus for recording a color image provided by using a scope; and a processor apparatus, in which spectroscopic characteristic information including a spectroscopic characteristic of ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7944466 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus comprises: an endoscope comprising an imaging device that forms a color image signal of a body to be observed; a storage portion that stores matrix data for forming a spectral image based on the color image signal; a spectral image-forming cir... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7420151 | Device for short wavelength visible reflectance endoscopy using broadband illumination A system for performing short wavelength imaging with a broadband illumination source includes an image processor that receives signals from a color image sensor. The image processor reduces the contribution of red illumination light to an image by computing blue, g... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7372989 | Color misregistration reducer A color shift reducing apparatus includes: a color shift area detecting unit for detecting a color shift area on the basis of input image data and image data delayed through a memory; a color shift degree calculating unit for calculating data indicating the degree o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358987 | Endoscope system An endoscope system is provided with an endoscope processor that processes an image signal output by an electronic endoscope, an endoscope controlling system connected to the endoscope processor to control operation of the endoscope processor or a device connected t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340099 | System and method for image fusion A method of fusing a low resolution multispectral image with a high resolution panchromatic image comprising the step of generating a new synthetic pan image using multispectral bands from the multispectral image. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333156 | Sequential colour visual telepresence system For implementing an anthropomorphic visual telepresence system with high resolution and low loop latency a sequential color video loop is provided. A sequential color camera sequentially captures color images, each captured image consisting of a portion of a single ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324157 | Repeat field detecting apparatus, video progressive conversion reproducing apparatus, repeat field detecting method, program, and recording medium Using an index indicating the amount of motion and noise in the video image calculated on the basis of the discrepancy pixel numbers of image two fields ago and the present image, the reliability of detection result is obtained and utilized, so as to improve the rep... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310917 | Hinged frame spreader A hinged spreader board of a pre-set length with shaped ends is pivoted open inside a frame to mate with the inside faces of the sides of a frame and maintain the sides apart by the length of the board while attaching the frame to a wall. Additional hinged sections ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301559 | Measuring instrument for measuring video signal level and display device for displaying video signal level A measuring instrument is fed with a video output signal, and performs RGB processing on the video output signal to generate graphic data. A video signal level in the graphic data is measured and video signal level data is generated. Display data including the graph... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286058 | Method and apparatus for powering remote devices A method and apparatus for powering one or more remotely-situated devices. In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, energy is added (at a convenient location) to a medium that the remotely-situated devices are associated with (e.g., a medium that the re... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268334 | Image sensor device and a method for outputting digital signals An image sensor device for outputting digital signals and a method thereof are disclosed. The image sensor device has a sensor module, a photoelectric converter module, an encoder module and a decoder module integrated with each other. The digital signals are output... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7227554 | Method and system for providing accelerated video processing in a communication device Providing accelerated video processing in a communication device may comprise receiving video data from a video source on a chip, determining a first format for at least a portion of the received video data, and determining a second format of at least a remaining po... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204803 | Endoscope device, endoscope and image processing device for endoscope An image processing device for an endoscope, wherein a wavelength band filter for shielding at least a part of the blue wavelength band is disposed in front of an image pickup element built into the endoscope, for image processing the signal output by said image pic... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7193519 | Reusable instruments and related systems and methods Reusable instruments, such as reusable medical instruments, and related systems and methods, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the reusable instrument can be an endoscope. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177452 | Visualization of information with an established order Among the embodiments of the present invention is a system including one or more processors operable to access data representative of a biopolymer sequence of monomer units. The one or more processors are further operable to establish a pattern corresponding to at l... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7149033 | UV visual light beam combiner An improved light beam combiner is disclosed that creates a more uniform light source across the UV, Visual, and NIR range. It is an optical mechanical device made up of a standard high low dielectric thin film which, when placed at a 45 degree angle between a Deute... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136672 | Mobile telephone with built-in camera and flash A mobile telephone quipped with a camera may employ, as a camera flash, one or more RGB tri-color LEDs arranged on a face of the mobile telephone which is aligned with the direction in which a photograph may be taken by the camera. The viewing angle of the RGB tri-c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136103 | Digital camera and color adjusting apparatus A digital camera includes a reference value table and a setting change-use table. The reference value table holds a plurality of reference values which respectively corresponds to a plurality of representative colors, and the setting change-use table holds a plurali... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126634 | Image processing system, image pickup apparatus and image processing apparatus The image processing system includes: an image pickup apparatus (10) including image pickup elements of a color difference line sequential system that outputs, as video signals, a luminance signal (Y) and a line sequential, color difference signal (U/V); and ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123288 | Electronic endoscope eliminating influence of light distribution in optical zooming The invention provides an endoscope having a scope that takes an image enlarged by driving a movable lens of an optical zoom mechanism by a CCD and displays an image of an object to be observed, wherein a multiplier multiplies RGB color signals by a coefficient set ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116352 | Capsule System for producing a stereoscopic image of an object, and displaying the stereoscopic image, the system including a capsule and a control unit, the capsule including a sensor assembly, a processor connected to the sensor assembly, a capsule transceiver connected t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115091 | Reusable endoscopic device and related systems and methods Reusable instruments, such as reusable medical instruments, and related systems and methods, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the reusable instrument can be an endoscope, which can be cleaned by sterilization. In certain embodiments, a method of sterilizing inclu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109933 | Wearable jacket having communication function, and endoscope system employing wearable jacket A wearable jacket includes a 2D-DST substrate shaped to cover a body of a subject person. The 2D-DST substrate includes a first conductive sheet, a second conductive sheet and a plurality of communication modules. The first and second conductive sheets are overlappe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108687 | Medical system An endoscope surgery system is provided, as a medical system, to be easily used by a user who is not used to the operation. An endoscope operation system includes a trolley and a remote controller. The trolley includes a plurality of medical devices (having a TV cam... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109470 | Sensor arrangement and control and analysis unit for image recognition of an object A sensor arrangement for image recognition includes a plurality of optical sensor elements (R,G,B) of a first type, the sensor elements being arranged in a raster layout and responding to light in the visible wavelength range. The sensor arrangement also includes fu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7081916 | Electronic endoscope selector An electronic endoscope selector is used in an electronic endoscope system which shares peripheral devices, such as a TV monitor, VCR etc., among a plurality of electronic endoscopes. The electronic endoscope selector includes switching circuits for switching and se... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7050492 | Matching of a reduced spectrum lighting source with video encoding program variables for increased data compression ratios A tri-phosphor light having a reduced emission spectrum is matched with program encoding variables for a video encoder, such that the video encoder substantially encodes only those portions of the visible spectrum corresponding to wavelength bands centered around in... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050086 | Electronic endoscope system with color-balance alteration process In an electronic endoscope system including a video scope having a solid-state image sensor that successively produces a frame of red, green, and blue image-pixel signals, a difference value is calculated between a value of each of corresponding central red, green, ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6993255 | Method and apparatus for providing adaptive illumination An illumination system (20, 72, 110, 142) for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator (24, 74, 116) having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light (26, 76) providing regions each of which provides light t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6967673 | Electronic endoscope system with color-balance alteration process An electronic endoscope system includes a video scope having a solid-state image sensor for successively producing a frame of color image-pixel signals, and an image-signal processor for producing a color video signal based on the frame of color image-pixel signals.... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6944031 | PCB structure for scope unit of electronic endoscope A printed circuit board structure for a scope unit of an electronic endoscope system, which is provided with a first printed circuit board formed with a first circuit section, and a second printed circuit board formed with a second circuit section. The first printed... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943822 | Electronic endoscope with color adjustment function An electronic endoscope includes a video-scope with an image sensor and a video-processor, to which the video-scope is detachably connected. The electronic endoscope has a light source that emits illuminating light for illuminating a subject, a color adjuster that p... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6937269 | Electronic endoscope selector and electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope selector that is used in an electronic endoscope system which shares peripheral devices, such as a TV monitor, VCR etc., among a plurality of electronic endoscopes. The electronic endoscope selector comprises switching circuits for switching ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933963 | Television standard converter for endoscope To provide a first memory for storing an odd field data, a second memory for storing an even field data acquired in an NTSC system, a third memory for storing the same video data stored in the first and second memories, and a TV standard conversion circuit. For the ... | 08/23/2005 |
