Manufacturing method of image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11862661B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US17341892

    申请日:2021-06-08

    发明人: Ken Yamamoto

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146 H01L21/66

    CPC分类号: H01L27/14685 H01L22/12

    摘要: A manufacturing method of an image pickup apparatus includes: fabricating a plurality of image pickup members each having a light-receiving surface on which a transparent plate is disposed and a plurality of spacers; measuring thicknesses of the transparent plates and the spacers; classifying the image pickup members into first groups depending on the thicknesses of the transparent plates; classifying the spacers into second groups depending on the thicknesses, selecting a combination of any one of the first groups and any one of the second groups such that a sum of the thickness of each of the transparent plates and the thickness of each of the spacers is within a predetermined range with a focusing length of optical members as a center; fabricating stacked bodies by stacking the image pickup members and the spacers in the selected combination; and disposing the optical members on the spacers in the stacked bodies.

    Endoscope
    42.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11857162B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US16988900

    申请日:2020-08-10

    发明人: Koji Yamaya

    摘要: An endoscope includes: a distal-end constituting portion provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion; a distal end cover attachable to and detachable from the distal-end constituting portion; a movable portion provided in the distal-end constituting portion; a connecting member provided at the movable portion; a pulling and relaxing member that drives the movable portion by being pulled or relaxed; a connecting body provided to the pulling and relaxing member, and attachable to and detachable from the connecting member, the connecting body being detachable from the connecting member in a state where the distal end cover is removed from the distal-end constituting portion; and a tube having flexibility through which the pulling and relaxing member is inserted, the tube including a distal end and a proximal end and being disposed in the distal end portion, the proximal end being detachably connected to the distal-end constituting portion.

    TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE TREATMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230414241A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18243137

    申请日:2023-09-07

    IPC分类号: A61B17/32 A61B1/00

    摘要: A treatment system includes: a treatment instrument configured to cut living tissue in a liquid; an endoscope configured to capture an endoscopic image including an image of the treatment instrument and an image of the living tissue; a support data storage configured to store, as support data to support a cutting treatment, at least one of data regarding a posture of the treatment instrument and image data on a location of a treatment section of the treatment instrument; a support data generator configured to generate support data to be displayed on a display based on the support data stored; a controller configured to control the display to display the endoscopic image; and a turbidity detector configured to detect a degree of cloudiness of the liquid.

    IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230412940A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18206568

    申请日:2023-06-06

    发明人: Yoshinao SHIMADA

    IPC分类号: H04N25/628 H04N17/00

    CPC分类号: H04N25/628 H04N17/002

    摘要: A pixel region includes: pixels each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices; a light-shielding region; and an effective region. A reading circuit reads, from a first row of the pixel region, a pixel signal obtained by adding signals of the plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, and reads, from a second row of the pixel region, a plurality of signals including phase difference information. A horizontal streak correction circuit performs one of a first offset correction based on a signal read from the light-shielding region and a second offset correction based on a predetermined value on a pixel signal obtained from a second row of the effective region. An image processing circuit processes image data according to a parameter. The horizontal streak correction circuit selects the first offset correction or the second offset correction according to the parameter.

    LASER SCANNING METHOD, LASER IRRADIATION DEVICE, AND LASER SCANNING PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20230404383A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18242115

    申请日:2023-09-05

    IPC分类号: A61B1/07 A61B1/06

    CPC分类号: A61B1/07 A61B1/0655

    摘要: A laser scanning method including emitting a pulsed laser beam from a distal end of an optical fiber in a liquid medium during a first period, the pulsed laser beam being emitted for generating a bubble at the distal end, stopping emission of the pulsed laser beam from the distal end during a second period, wherein the first period is a period for moving the optical fiber closer toward an operation member disposed parallel to the optical fiber by utilizing contraction of the bubble that comes into contact with or close to the operation member, and wherein the second period is a period for moving the optical fiber away from the operation member.

    Digital-to-analog converter, analog-to-digital converter, signal processing device, solid-state imaging device, and driving method

    公开(公告)号:US11849230B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-19

    申请号:US16952316

    申请日:2020-11-19

    发明人: Takaharu Tani

    IPC分类号: H04N25/75 H03M1/46 H03M1/68

    CPC分类号: H04N25/75 H03M1/466 H03M1/68

    摘要: A digital-to-analog converter comprising: a plurality of capacitances and a plurality of switches. A capacitance among the plurality of capacitances, of which the number corresponds to the resolution of the analog signal to be output, is used as a voltage value generation capacitance, so as to generate a voltage value based on the reference voltage to be added or subtracted, by switching a node to which the second terminal is connected by a corresponding switch. A remaining capacitance, which is not used as the voltage value generation capacitance among the plurality of capacitances, is used as a gain adjustment capacitance, so as to adjust gain of a voltage value based on the reference voltage to be added or subtracted, by holding a node to which the second terminal is connected by a corresponding switch.

    Ultrasound probe and ultrasound endoscope

    公开(公告)号:US11844649B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-19

    申请号:US17223432

    申请日:2021-04-06

    发明人: Satoshi Yoshida

    摘要: An ultrasound probe includes: an ultrasound transducer including plural piezoelectric elements; an acoustic lens layer configured to radiate the ultrasound emitted from the plural piezoelectric elements to outside; a back layer that faces the acoustic lens layer with the ultrasound transducer interposed between the back layer and the acoustic lens layer; and a wiring member having at least a part that is arranged at a first position between the acoustic lens layer and the ultrasound transducer or at a second position that faces the ultrasound transducer with the back layer interposed between the second position and the ultrasound transducer. The wiring member includes: a resin layer having electrically insulating; and an electrically conducting layer that is provided on the resin layer and includes plural signal wirings.