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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144192 | Simplified image display apparatus and receiving system To realize a simplified image display apparatus that prevents electrical connection between an external monitor and a receiving device when an electric signal generated by the receiving device is transmitted to the external monitor. The simplified image display appa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7429242 | Electronic endoscope apparatus and signal processing apparatus having detachable option substrate An electronic endoscope including a CCD is detachably connected to a video processor. In the video processor, an output signal from the CCD is A/D converted, white balance is adjusted, an NTSC video signal from a post-process circuit is subjected to processing for g... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7405723 | Apparatus for testing display device and method for testing the same An apparatus for testing a display device includes a display device to display test patterns, a graphic process unit to supply analog mode signals and digital mode signals to the display device, and a control unit to allow test patterns of an analog testing mode and... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7322934 | Endoscope An endoscope comprises an inserting unit main body, and a head unit that is freely detachably attached to the distal end of the inserting unit main body and that includes an image pickup device which picks up an image of an object and a light emitting element which ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7282025 | Electronic endoscope apparatus for connection to adapter unit A DVI circuit for generating a digital video signal in accordance with a display standard of a personal computer, etc. is provided for a processor device to which an electronic endoscope is connected. On the output side of the DVI circuit, a high vision system conve... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7222968 | Illumination system with separate optical paths for different color channels Illumination systems are disclosed, which include illumination channels of different colors and at least one image-forming device. Each illumination channel, in turn, includes a bank of light sources, and the image-forming device is disposed to receive illumination ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7160249 | Endoscope image pickup unit for picking up magnified images of an object, a focus adjustment apparatus and method, and a focus range check apparatus and method for the same An endoscope image pickup unit is disclosed that captures magnified images of an object. An objective optical system of the image pickup unit includes, in order from the object side, a front lens group having positive refractive power and an aperture stop. Various c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7130489 | Chromatic aberration correction by moving photo-detector array A system constructs a composite image by moving a photo-detector array. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7084899 | Cable with built in-frame grabber for a dental video camera A cable assembly for a dental video camera system includes a dental video camera with a camera cable and a camera connector, a monitor with a monitor cable and a monitor connector and a power supply with power supply cable and a power supply connector. The cable ass... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048685 | Measuring endoscope system A measuring endoscope system includes a menu display module that selects a menu according to display data which is associated in advance with any of a plurality of optical adaptors, and a measuring program for performing measurement according to the result of the se... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050103 | Image pickup device and cover plate with conductive film layer A cover plate for covering an opening of a casing in which a solid state imaging device is disposed. The cover plate comprises a transparent cover plate member and a conductive film layer. The cover plate hermetically covers the opening of the casing and the conduct... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033317 | Disposable endoscope and method of making a disposable endoscope An endoscope having a sheath having a plurality of lumens, an imaging bundle received in a first lumen in the sheath, and a lighting bundle received in one or more second lumens in the sheath. A distal tip connects to a distal end of the sheath and includes an objec... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004900 | Endoscopic vision system The present invention relates to an endoscopic visioning system and related method for both forward and backward viewing of a body lumen. According to an embodiment, the system includes an endoscope, a vision head including a light source and a vision chip on both a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6992720 | Optical apparatus including image pick-up device and interchangeable lens with controller for controlling change of aperture This invention discloses an optical apparatus including an image pickup optical unit, a light quantity adjustment unit inserted in the optical axis of the image pickup optical unit, the light quantity adjustment unit changing the aperture diameter to change the ligh... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6976956 | Stereoendoscope wherein images having passed through plural incident pupils are transmitted by common relay optical systems The illuminating light transmitted by the light guide inserted through the elongate inserted section is projected out of the distal end surface of the inserted section. The illuminated objects pass through the respective pupils of the two objective lens systems arra... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6956601 | Intra-oral camera with touch screen integral display and contamination control A portable intra-oral capture and display system includes (a) a handpiece elongated for insertion into an oral cavity, the handpiece including a light emitter on a distal end thereof for illuminating an object in the cavity and an image sensor for capturing an image... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6945930 | Environment adaptable measurement endoscope A measurement endoscope system includes: an image pick-up device, an endoscope insertion portion to which a plurality of stereo measurement optical adaptors and a normal measurement adaptor are detachably attachable, a control unit for accommodating the endoscope in... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932760 | Autoclavable coupler for endoscopic camera system An autoclavable endoscopic optical coupler includes the capability to optically couple an endoscope and a camera, so that a focused image will be communicated to the camera head. Furthermore, the coupler has the capability of withstanding multiple autoclave steriliz... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930706 | Organ-region-indication system incorporated in electronic endoscope system In an organ-region-indication system incorporated in an electronic endoscope system in which an endoscope image is displayed as a motion image on a monitor in accordance with a video signal produced therein, an organ-region-image data base is formed based on an orga... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6862036 | 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. In one configuration of the imaging device, the image sensor is placed remote from the remaining image processing circuitry. In a second configuration, ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6656110 | Endoscopic system An endoscope system includes position sensors which detect not only the position, but also the orientation, of both an endoscope (or endoscopes) and at least one instrument. The endoscope system includes an assessment and control unit which displays symbo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6554765 | Hand held, portable camera with adaptable lens system An adaptable, portable hand-held fiber optic camera for producing video images of an object having all of the necessary components for performing fiber optic procedures comprises a power source, a lens system, a light source, and a video camera assembly. ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6538687 | 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 imagining 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 m... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6348035 | Connection system for electronic endoscope A connection system for an electronic endoscope, including a flexible scope and a video-signal processing unit, is utilized to establish a detachable connection between the scope and the unit. The scope has a solid image sensor to produce image-pixel sign... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6215586 | Active optical image enhancer for a microscope An active optical image enhancer for a microscope, and a method of enhancing an image for a microscope, are provided. The image enhancer has a tube for attachment to a microscope. Photo-detector elements are disposed on an end of the tube remote from an e... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6184922 | Endoscopic imaging system in which still image-specific or motion picture-specific expansion unit can be coupled to digital video output terminal in freely uncoupled manner A camera control unit for processing a signal output from an imaging device incorporated in an endoscope is provided with an analog video signal output terminal through which a video signal is output to a monitor, and a digital video signal output termina... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184923 | Endoscope with an interchangeable distal end optical adapter An endoscope apparatus of the present invention comprises an endoscope with a built-in solid state imaging device at a distal end portion of an insertion tube and a distal end optical adapter detachably connected to the distal end portion of the insertion... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6149582 | Front end structure of stereoscopic endoscope A front end structure of a stereoscopic endoscope comprises a lens barrel main body 3 having a pair of lens barrel portions 31R, 31L for holding and accommodating a pair of objective optical systems 32R, 32L so as to make them project toward an object, re... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142932 | Front end structure of stereoscopic endoscope including an elongated lens A front end lens 11 of a pair of objective lenses 32R, 32L disposed the object-side end face of a front end part 1 of a stereoscopic endoscope has a so-called D-cut lens form in which both side portions of a spherical lens are cut off, whereby spaces for ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6099465 | Electromagnetically coupled electronic endoscope system An electronic endoscope system which is configured to eliminate the necessity to mount separate airtight means on a connector section between an electronic endoscope and an external unit at a stage of washing and disinfection, and maintain electrical isol... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6069651 | Imaging apparatus for endoscopes An imaging apparatus for endoscopes includes an endoscope; a TV camera head incorporating, at least, a solid-state image sensor; and a TV photographic adapter incorporating at least one part of an optical system for forming an image obtained by the endosc... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6025873 | Endoscope system provided with low-pass filter for moire removal An endoscope system including a first hard endoscope which uses a relay lens as an image transmission optical system, a second hard endoscope which uses an image guide formed by a fiber bundle, and a TV camera which is mountable respectively on the first ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5966168 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus of the present invention comprises an endoscope with a built-in solid state imaging device at a distal end portion of an insertion tube and a distal end optical adapter detachably connected to the distal end portion of the insertion... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5896166 | Remote CCD video camera with non-volatile digital memory A video camera system stores operating parameter information for reading by the system to provide optimum operating conditions, collects information reflecting system uses for later reading by the system to provide a performance history, and is relatively... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5889370 | Structure for eliminating noise in light source device for electronic endoscope A structure for eliminating the noise in a light source device for an electronic endoscope safely eliminates the high-frequency noise produced from the lighting circuit, the xenon lamp and the like in the light source device. A capacitor for eliminating n... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5879285 | Aligning means attaching a cable in an imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus has a printed-circuit board electrically connected to a solid-state imaging device, and a composite cable electrically connected to said printed-circuit board and made by bundling up a plurality of cables including at least one of pla... | 03/09/1999 |
