Invention Application
- Patent Title: OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
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Application No.: US15379159Application Date: 2016-12-14
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Publication No.: US20170095137A1Publication Date: 2017-04-06
- Inventor: Hideaki KINOUCHI
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Priority: JP2014-177072 20140901
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; H04N7/18 ; H04B10/079 ; G02B23/26 ; G02B6/35 ; G02B6/38 ; A61B1/04 ; G02B23/24

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
- US10085614B2 Optical communication system and endoscope system with connection state abnormality detection Public/Granted day:2018-10-02
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