Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical communication system and endoscope system with connection state abnormality detection
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Application No.: US15379159Application Date: 2016-12-14
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Publication No.: US10085614B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Hideaki Kinouchi
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-177072 20140901
- Main IPC: A61B1/04
- IPC: A61B1/04 ; A61B1/00 ; G02B6/35 ; G02B23/24 ; H04B10/075 ; G02B6/38 ; G02B23/26 ; H04B10/079 ; H04N7/18 ; A61B1/045 ; A61B1/05 ; H04N7/22 ; H04N5/225 ; A61B1/06 ; A61B1/07

Abstract:
A transmitting device includes: a first transmission unit; a second transmission unit having transmission lines each having a proximal end at which a transmitting-side connecting portion is provided; and a first switch for selecting a transmission line from the second transmission unit, to connect the selected transmission line to the first transmission unit. A receiving device includes: a third transmission unit having transmission lines each having a distal end at which a receiving-side connecting portion is provided; a fourth transmission unit; a second switch for selecting, from the third transmission unit, a transmission line including the receiving-side connecting portion optically connected to the transmitting-side connecting portion, to connect the selected transmission line to the fourth transmission unit; and a detection unit configured to detect whether a connection between the transmitting-side and receiving-side connecting portions is abnormal based on light amount of an optical signal transmitted through the fourth transmission unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170095137A1 OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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