- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus and method for operating endoscope apparatus
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Application No.: US15964383Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US10456021B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Yuichi Shiga , Toshiaki Mikami , Koichiro Yoshino , Satoshi Takekoshi
- 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.
- Main IPC: A61B1/045
- IPC: A61B1/045 ; A61B1/00 ; H04N5/232 ; A61B1/04 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N9/04 ; A61B1/055 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N9/73

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a connector to which an interchangeable optical system is connected, an image sensor configured to output a captured image based on the optical system and the interchangeable optical system, and a processor including hardware. The processor performs a determination process of determining whether the interchangeable optical system is a known or unknown optical system, implements a first step amount determination process when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be a known optical system, and implements a second step amount determination process when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be an unknown optical system and controls the focus lens based on step amount information determined.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180242828A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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