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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7945147 | Image pick up unit An image pick up unit includes an optical member, a holding member holding the optical member and movable in an axial direction of an optical axis of the optical member, a driving member rotatable about the optical axis, a cam mechanism configured to convert rotatio... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7769280 | Camera handpiece A camera hand piece (1) with camera housing (12) has a microscopic probe (2) at the front end. On the rear side is a transmission cable (13) which is attached to the camera hand piece (1) with the aid of a coupling nut (14).... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7751694 | Three-dimensional endoscope imaging and display system The present invention provides a three-dimensional endoscope system comprising a three-dimensional imaging device and a three-dimensional display device using a variable focal length micromirror array lens. The micromirror array lens has enough focusing speed and fo... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7734160 | Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus including: an endoscope unit having: a lens units; a photographing unit for photographing an optical image picked up through the lens unit; and a lens unit driving motor for driving the lens unit for realizing at least one of a zoom function a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725013 | Electronic endoscope with brightness adjustment function An electronic endoscope has a video-scope with an image sensor, a light source that emits illuminating-light to illuminate an object, an image sensor driver, a luminance detector, one rotary shutter, and a brightness adjuster. The luminance detector detects a lumina... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7593626 | Optical tomography system Light emitted from the light source unit divided into measuring light and reference light. An optical path length of the measuring light or the reference light is adjusted and a probe guides the measuring light to an object. The reflected light from the object when ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7400341 | Electronic endoscope apparatus which superimposes signals on power supply An electronic endoscope apparatus has a single coaxial cable installed between a scope A and a processor unit B. Waveform superimposing circuits superimpose a video signal on power transmitted through the coaxial cable and sequentially superimpose scope-side referen... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7350922 | Three-dimensional display using variable focal length micromirror array lens A three-dimensional display device includes a two-dimensional display displaying a depthwise image, and a variable focal length micromirror array lens receiving light from the two-dimensional display and forming a corresponding image in the required location in spac... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336897 | Liquid-cooled combustion camera A liquid-cooled camera assembly that includes a camera for viewing the combustion process in an industrial gas turbine that further includes a tri-concentric tube assembly, and a window cap positioned at a first end of the tri-concentric tube assembly. The camera ma... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7184085 | Charge multiplying solid-state electronic image sensing device and method of controlling same Signal charge that has accumulated in photodiodes of a photoreceptor area in a CCD is multiplied by a charge multiplier and then applied to a floating diffusion amplifier, which has been set to a small conversion coefficient, or to floating gate amplifier, which has... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6968073 | Occupant detection system An eye-safe light curtain is generated by a plurality of LED's illuminating a cylindrical lens having a corrugated cylindrical surface. A camera generates a first image of an avoidance zone boundary of an air bag inflator with the light curtain off, and a second ima... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6510006 | Image-forming optical system A high-performance image-forming optical system made compact and thin by folding an optical path using reflecting surfaces arranged to minimize the number of reflections. The image-forming optical system has a single prism. When image-side three surfaces ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6452624 | Medical video endoscopy monitoring device A device for monitoring a use of a medical video endoscope (1), comprising a processing system (4) having an input for receiving color data signals (5), comprising a set of color data components, said processing system (4) comprising a color analysis unit... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6428469 | Energy management of a video capsule An energy saving device for acquiring in vivo images of the gastro-intestinal tract is provided. The device, such as an autonomous capsule (10), includes at least one imaging unit (12), a control unit (14) connected to the imaging unit, and a power supply... | 08/06/2002 |
| 5707340 | Device for connecting an endoscope to an auxiliary apparatus There is disclosed a device which serves to connect an endoscope with an auxiliary apparatus, for example to a video camera, an objective or an ocular funnel. The device comprises a main body with a central recess for receiving the proximal end of the end... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5706143 | Optical device A magnetically actuated optical focusing device is provided. The focusing device comprises a housing with an optical component being displaceably and rotatably arranged therein. The optical component is ferromagnetically coupled, via an internal magnet ar... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5591119 | Sterile surgical coupler and drape An apparatus and method is provided for enclosing a non-sterile video camera, its trailing cables, and a standard optical connector such as a "C" mount for use of the camera in the sterile environment of an operating room. The apparatus includes a coupler... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5576781 | Disposable camera A disposable and disinfected still frame camera for use in contamination sensitive areas includes an inner camera portion for securing still frame film, exposing frames of the film and for advancing the film. A camera housing is also provided for enclosin... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5359992 | Endoscope coupler with magnetic focus control An endoscope coupler includes a sealed chamber and a lens assembly longitudinally movable within the chamber for focusing an image to be received by a video camera. Spaced permanent drive magnets located exteriorly of the chamber are magnetically coupled ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5347988 | Endoscope coupler with liquid interface An improved endoscope assembly includes a quantity of optically transparent liquid filling the space between facing windows of adjoining mechanically and optically coupled components to eliminate fogging due to condensation and thereby provide improved im... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347994 | Endoscope light source apparatus with setting enable and disable modes A light source apparatus for an endoscope having a light source for supplying illuminating light to the endoscope. The light source apparatus includes a setting control device operable from the outside of the light source apparatus to make or change the s... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5311859 | Add-on video camera arrangement for optical laparoscope An add-on video camera arrangement permits onscreen viewing of a target within an enclosed structure, such as a patient's body cavity, using an optical laparoscope. A standard C-mount adaptor is fitted to the ocular of the laparoscope lens tube. The camer... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5307804 | Endoscope having a camera coupled thereto In an endoscope with a camera objective, in particular a video camera objective, coupled to the eyepiece cup of the endoscope at its proximal end, the objective is mounted so that it is free to rotate on the proximal end of the eyepiece cup. The camera ob... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5272497 | Light source apparatus for endoscope A light source apparatus for an endoscope, which has a light source for supplying light for illuminating an object to the endoscope that is equipped with a photographing device. The light source apparatus comprises an exposure control device for controlli... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5191369 | Photographing light quantity controller for endoscope A photographing light quantity controller for an endoscope, which is used to control the quantity of illuminating light when a photograph is to be taken through the endoscope. The photographing light quantity controller comprises a device for supplying li... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5184170 | Photographing light quantity controller for endoscope A photographing light quantity controller for an endoscope is used to control the quantity of illuminating light when a photograph is to be taken through the endoscope. The photographing light quantity controller comprises a light source for supplying lig... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5184159 | Light source apparatus for endoscope A light source apparatus for an endoscope, which has a light source for supplying light for illuminating an object to the endoscope that is equipped with a photographing device. The light source apparatus comprises an exposure control device for controlli... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5159380 | Photographing light quantity controller for endoscope A photographing light quantity controller for an endoscope, which is used to control the quantity of illuminating light when a photograph is to be taken through the endoscope. The photographing light quantity controller comprises a device for supplying li... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5150702 | Iris diaphragm device and endoscope having the same A diaphragm blade is rotatably secured by a rotational shaft disposed in a base. The aperture blade has a diaphragm aperture at the central portion thereof. A shape-memory alloy which deforms in accordance with temperatures and an elastic member are respe... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5115261 | Photographing light quantity controller for endoscope A photographing light quantity controller for an endoscope, which is used to control the quantity of illuminating light when a photograph is to taken through the endoscope. The controller includes a device for photoelectrically converting a brightness lev... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4945366 | Endoscope still photographing apparatus provided with an automatic illuminating light amount controlling function In a releasing operation with a still camera fittable to the eyepiece part of an endoscope and containing a recording medium, without exposing the recording medium, the diaphragmed value of a light source apparatus is set at a value adapted to the photogr... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4863304 | Rapid connector between an endoscope and a camera A rapid connector for use between an endoscope and a camera in which a base ring is connectible to a lens mount of the camera and to an ocular cone of the endoscope and comprises a delimiting glass pane with there being an enclosed space between the delim... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4862199 | Adjustable adapter for borescope and film/video camera An improved adapter is provided for joining an optical scope, such as a borescope, endoscope or the like, to a film or video camera. The adapter includes a multi-element relay lens assembly which directs real images viewed by the attached optical scope to... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4851866 | Air vent for camera adaptor An adaptor for coupling an endoscopic probe to a video processor for displaying a picture of a target upon a viewing screen. The probe contains an optical element at its proximal end for providing an image of the target. A camming mechanism is used to sec... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4805027 | Integrated beam splitter video camera and method An integrated beam splitter video camera for processing an optical image from an endoscope is shown. The integrated beam splitter video camera includes a housing having a central area which extends therethrough, an optical aperture for passing an optical ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4723864 | Endoscope and photographing apparatus A connector device is disclosed for detachably connecting a photographing apparatus to an endoscope eyepiece barrel. A pair of clamping links have their respective one ends pivotally mounted on an attaching ring adapted to be secured to the photographing ... | 02/09/1988 |
