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7616238 |
Method for timing control of an image sensor
An imaging device having an in vivo CMOS image sensor, at least one illumination source and a controller. The controller controls the illumination source to illuminate for a first period and to be...
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7584534 |
Remote inspection device
A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a...
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7580952 |
Automatic digital image grouping using criteria based on image metadata and spatial information
An automatic digital image grouping system and method for automatically generating groupings of related images based on criteria that includes image metadata and spatial information. The system and...
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7577283 |
System and method for detecting content in-vivo
A system and method for detecting in-vivo content, may include an in-vivo imaging device for capturing a stream of image frames in a GI tract, a content detector for detecting and/or identifying...
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7573499 |
Endoscope apparatus for obtaining properly dimmed observation images
A CCD driver circuit adjusts and supplies pulse-type signals to a CCD in order to adjust the sensitivity of the CCD. A metering circuit meters a signal output from the CCD. A sensitivity control...
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7567692 |
System and method for detecting content in-vivo
A system and method for detecting in-vivo content, may include an in-vivo imaging device for capturing a stream of image frames in a GI tract, a content detector for detecting and/or identifying...
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7564602 |
Color chart for adjustment of a color printer and a color monitor utilized with an endoscope
A color chart for a color adjustment of a color printer and a color monitor attached to an endoscope, has a predetermined number of color cells. The color cells have the same form, and are arranged...
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7559888 |
Endoscope insertion direction detecting system
The invention provides an endoscope inserting direction detecting apparatus and method with which the direction of a lumen can be determined reliably despite a simple configuration. The endoscope...
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7554572 |
Image pickup apparatus for capturing spectral images of an object and observation system including the same
An image pickup apparatus has a construction in which a diffraction element is provided in an observation optical system. Zero-order light that is transmitted straight through the diffraction...
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7551196 |
Endoscope apparatus
A drive signal from an SSG drives a CCD through a delay circuit and the like. An imaging signal from the CCD is converted to a video signal in a CDS circuit, which is driven by a sample hold signal...
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7548263 |
Method for timing control of an image sensor
An imaging device having an in vivo CMOS image sensor, at least one illumination source and a controller. The controller controls the illumination source to illuminate for a first period and to be...
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7547277 |
Method and apparatus for calibrating an endoscope system
An endoscope system and method includes an endoscope tip coupled to a endoscope console for providing images of anatomical features imaged using the endoscope system. The system also includes a...
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7542069 |
Image processing unit with expandable signal processing capability and endoscopic imaging systems
When an endoscopic imaging system is employed in, for example, the department of otorhinology, a color processing expansion substrate, a still image production expansion substrate, and a still...
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7522209 |
Automatic focusing apparatus including optical flow device calculation
An automatic focusing apparatus includes an image pickup optical system; an image pickup device for converting an optical image formed by the image pickup optical system into an electric image...
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7520854 |
Endoscope system allowing movement of a display image
Rotate instructing switches 26, 27, and 28 of an operating remote controller 5 are pressed and then a CPU 12 controls image processing of an image pickup processing portion 8, a direction...
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7518632 |
Endoscope device
An endoscope device including an insertion part including an observation optical system and a measuring optical system, wherein the endoscope device is provided with a characteristic value...
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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...
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7511732 |
Assembly and method for securing an endoscope to a digital camera
An assembly for securing the eyepiece of an endoscope to a digital camera includes a bar that supports the camera and a block that supports the eyepiece. The camera can be secured to the bar using...
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7502062 |
CCD breakage prevention system
A CCD control system is provided which can prevent CCD breakage caused by a latchup, etc. by having a function to detect two kinds of errors, Vsub error and power voltage error to prevent a...
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7498950 |
Apparatus and method for using RFID to track use of a component within a device
RFID circuitry is used in an endoscopic light source unit to track cumulative light bulb use information. An inductively powered RFID tag is affixed to the light bulb assembly, and communicates...
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7491167 |
Image capturing unit for endoscope
An image capturing unit for an electronic endoscope, includes an image capturing element with an image capturing area, at least one bonding wire, which is extended curvedly and outwardly from at...
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7492935 |
Device, method, and system for reduced transmission imaging
An in-vivo device, system, and method are described where an in-vivo device may transmit an image stream to an external receiving device. Reducing the size of the image data necessary for...
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7492388 |
System and method for automatic processing of endoscopic images
A system and method for enabling the automatic setting of a mask for displaying live endoscopic images on a monitor device. An imaging node processor selects a pre-determined mask setting based on...
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7457444 |
Method and apparatus for fast automatic centerline extraction for virtual endoscopy
A method for automatic centerline extraction for a virtual endoscopy image of an organ having a boundary surface includes centering on selected points of an initial path through the image, which is...
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7446796 |
Electronic endoscope system
An electronic endoscope system includes an image pickup device provided at a distal end of an insertion portion; an image signal processing device; a main light source; an auxiliary light source...
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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...
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7433133 |
Optical system
The present invention provides an optical system for illuminating and viewing a target in which an illumination element and a receiving means are disposed behind a single optical window, and which...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7330205 |
Method and apparatus for photographing fluorescent and reflected-light images
A photographing method and apparatus for photographing a fluorescent image, composed of fluorescent light emitted by a living tissue that has been illuminated by a stimulating light, as an image...
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7317180 |
Imaging optical system and endoscope provided with imaging optical system
An imaging optical system includes a spherical or nearly spherical viewing port, an objective lens that includes an aspheric surface and is formed as a single lens element, and a solid-state image...
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7297142 |
Interchangeable surgical instrument
A system and associated method for delivering to an internal body site a selected one of a plurality of instruments. An instrument storage chamber is providing having passages for separately...
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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...
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7289139 |
Endoscope reader
A system for automatically setting video signal processing parameters for an endoscopic video camera system based upon characteristics of an attached endoscope, with reduced EMI and improved...
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7277120 |
Stereo imaging system and method for use in telerobotic systems
This invention relates to a stereo imaging system for use in telerobotic systems. A method of imaging a target site in a stereo imaging system is provided. The method typically includes capturing a...
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7258663 |
Endoscope system with irradiated light switching feature
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...
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7231135 |
Computer-based video recording and management system for medical diagnostic equipment
A computer-based video recording and management system is provided which is used in conjunction with medical diagnostic equipment. The system allows a physician or medical personnel to record and...
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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...
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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...
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7203556 |
Device for monitoring medical equipment
A medical instrument, in particular a generator for high-frequency surgery, comprises setting elements for presetting functions, and also functional elements for performing functions according to...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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7139016 |
Intra-oral camera system with chair-mounted display
A portable intra-oral capture and display system, designed for use by a dental practitioner in connection with a patient seated in a dental chair, includes: a handpiece elongated for insertion into...
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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...
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7133063 |
Electronic endoscope apparatus which superimposes signals on power supply
An electronic endoscope apparatus has a single coaxial cable which combines a power line and signal line installed between a scope and a processor unit. A waveform superimposing circuit of the...
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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,...
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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....
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