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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8089509 | Programmable camera control unit with updatable program A video imaging system with a camera coupled to a camera control unit, the camera having a program stored thereon and the camera control unit comparing the program version stored on the camera with another version of the program such that the newer version of the pr... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7821530 | Intelligent camera head A video imaging system that minimizes the effect of EMI on the image data, provides a small, lightweight easy to use camera head, permitting interchangeable use of a variety of intelligent camera heads with a single camera control unit, and allows the utilization of... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7471310 | Intelligent camera head A video imaging system that minimizes the effect of EMI on the image data, provides a small, lightweight easy to use camera head, permitting interchangeable use of a variety of intelligent camera heads with a single camera control unit, and allows the utilization of... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7450151 | Endoscope image processing apparatus An endoscopic image processing system processes an image signal produced by picking up the image of an intracavitary region of an object to be examined using an electronic endoscope. The endoscopic image processing system includes a detection unit that detects at le... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7440005 | Endoscope In an endoscope, scopes that include a scope-side memory and a connector are selectively and detachably connected to a processor that includes a processor-side memory and a connection member. A parameter stored in the scope-side memory can be written to the processo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7303528 | Serialization of single use endoscopes A system, device and method for serializing and authorizing a single use imaging device are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a single use imaging device comprising a memory having a stored code that includes a unique serial identifier. In another ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7253833 | Vehicle periphery visual recognition system, camera and vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and vehicle periphery monitoring system A vehicle periphery visual recognition system 1 is made up of an image pickup unit 11 for picking up images of image pickup ranges in three directions of the lower area at the front of a vehicle and the left and right side areas at the same time, and a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7218340 | Video-scope in electronic endoscope apparatus A video-scope according to the present invention has an image sensor and is selectively connectable to plural types of video-processors. The video-scope has a memory, a signal processor, a video-processor detector, and a data setter. The memory stores a series of re... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214183 | Endoscope apparatus having an insertion channel A structure having a proximal open end for inserting a treatment instrument into a channel of the insertion portion that opens to a display panel side, and is provided on the frame of the display portion, wherein the treatment instrument inserted from the proximal o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212227 | Programmable and reconfigurable camera control unit for video systems A video imaging system is provided including, a camera head for transmitting image data to a camera control unit, a camera control unit for receiving and processing the image data into a usable format, and a storage device accessible by the camera control unit. The ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7167196 | Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of system In an endoscopic imaging system, a signal representing an object image produced by a scope and projected by a camera head is processed by a CCU and displayed as an endoscopic image on a TV monitor. The object image is stored as digital image data on a memory in the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7154537 | Camera system, control method thereof, device manufacturing apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to a pattern. The apparatus includes a stage configured to hold the substrate and to move, a driving unit configured to drive the stage, a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of cameras being configured to sense... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136098 | Image illumination optimizing The brightness of an actual image produced by an image sensor (e.g., CCD) of an electronic camera, is controlled with image size detection circuitry which, in response to electrical signals received from the electronic camera, determines an actual image area occupyi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128709 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus includes at least one of a connector on the side of a scope unit and a connector on the side of a fixed unit in a connector portion disposed in an detachable portion of a base unit and the fixed unit of the scope unit is a movable connector, a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119830 | Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of system In an endoscopic imaging system, a signal representing an object image produced by a scope and projected by a camera head is processed by a CCU and displayed as an endoscopic image on a TV monitor. The object image is stored as digital image data on a memory in the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7086859 | Compact digital intraoral camera system The present invention is a true digital output intraoral camera with a docking station. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7043155 | Control apparatus for optical apparatus A control apparatus is disclosed, which can check an operation history of an optical apparatus and can allow a user to perform optical apparatus maintenance appropriately timed according to the operation history. The control apparatus includes a history generating s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033316 | Endoscope system An endoscope system including a database and a database managing device is disclosed. The database is configured to store a plurality of pieces of endoscope data. Each piece of the endoscope data corresponds to a different endoscope and is associated with ownership ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030904 | Reduced area imaging device incorporated within wireless endoscopic devices A reduced area imaging device is provided for use in medical or dental instruments such as an endoscope. In a first embodiment of the endoscope, connections between imaging device elements and between a video display is achieved by hard-wired connections. In a secon... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029437 | Electronic endoscope apparatus An electronic endoscope apparatus has a light source, a pixel luminance detector, a division setter, an average block luminance calculator, a peak-luminance determiner, a representative luminance calculator, and a brightness adjuster. The division setter divides the... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025454 | Extended depth of field optics for human vision The present invention provides extended depth of field to human eyes by modifying contact lenses, intraocular implants, and/or the surface of the eye itself. This may be accomplished by applying selected phase variations to these optical elements (e.g., by varying s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010369 | Medical equipment controller A portable medical equipment controller apparatus including a user input device. A processor is configured to determine if a predetermined distance from a base unit is exceeded, and to signal an alert if the predetermined distance from the base unit is exceeded.... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7002621 | Communication devices incorporating reduced area imaging devices A reduced area imaging device is provided for use with a communication device, such as a wireless/cellular phone. Various configurations of the imaging device are provided which locate the elements of the imaging device at desired locations. The communication device... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6992694 | Electronic endoscope apparatus adaptable to endoscopes equipped with imaging device with different pixel density An electronic endoscope apparatus including: a first endoscope having a first imaging device; and a second endoscope having a second imaging device with a different pixel density and a second drive pulse generation circuit, wherein a processor unit, which connects t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977683 | Digital camera A digital camera employs an image sensor with color filters that correspond to individual pixels of the sensor. Image data detected by the sensor is recorded, together with data regarding the alignment of the color filters. The image data and the recorded alignment ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975351 | Apparatus and system for camera head determination in an image sensing system In a head detachable camera comprising a camera head and an image processing unit which does not have an exclusive line for notifying the type of image sensing device used in the camera head, when the power switch is turned on, vertical interval data signal processi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6965400 | Video input apparatus and image pickup system including the apparatus A video input apparatus and image pickup system having a camera section having a camera unit, and a video processing section for processing an image signal from the camera section so as to supply to a host terminal. The camera section outputs a multiplexed signal on... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6952223 | Image processing method and apparatus In an image processing method for carrying out image processing on digital image signals, which have been acquired with digital cameras, image processing is carried out on the digital image signals and under different image processing conditions in accordance with k... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6944494 | Motion measuring device Endoscopes are well known devices used for examining surfaces contained within an enclosed cavity. Typical applications for these devices are the examination of tissues within human body cavities or mechanical components contained within engine compartments. An endo... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943821 | Electronic endoscope apparatus to which electronic endoscopes with different numbers of pixels can be connected With a device that connects a processor device to electronic endoscopes having CCDs with different numbers of pixels, for example, 410, 270, or 190 thousand pixels mounted thereon, all the CCDs are driven at a frequency corresponding to 410 thousand pixels. Further,... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6911916 | Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network A method and apparatus for retrieving, accessing, and storing medical data relating to a patient during a medical procedure. The invention provides a single interface to many disparate forms of medical data, which is accessible over a local area network, wide area n... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905462 | Endoscope image pickup optical system An endoscope optical system is capable of obtaining favorable endoscopic images at all times by overcoming the conventional disadvantages that diagnosis is hindered by image quality disturbance due to the increase in pixel density resulting from the reduction in pix... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902527 | Endoscope system with charge multiplying imaging device and automatic gain control An endoscope 2 has a CCD 9 incorporated in the distal part of an insertion unit 6 thereof. The sensitivity of the CCD 9 can be varied by applying a plurality of pulsating driving signals so as to change an electron multiplication rate. Th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903761 | Electronic endoscope system allowing accurate delay time to be set This application provides an electronic endoscope system allowing an accurate delay time corresponding to a length of an electronic scope to be set and allowing a configuration to be simplified. The electronic endoscope system is configured by connecting electronic ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900829 | Electronic endoscope system for reducing random noise of a video signal An electronic endoscope system which captures an image of an object and displays the same on a display device is provided with a noise reduction system. The noise reduction system reduces noise included in a frame of an image signal for each color component. The noi... | 05/31/2005 |
