摘要:
In a rigid tip of an elongated insertable part, by an objective optical system of an optical axis parallel with the lengthwise axial direction of the tip, an image of an object to be imaged is to be formed in an image area of a solid state imaging device chip arranged so as to be parallel with the lengthwise axial direction through an optical device deflecting the optical axis of this objective optical system in a direction at right angles. Solid state imaging device chip bonding pads are provided only on the front end side and/or rear end side of this solid state imaging device chip.
摘要:
A solid state imaging device and a substrate to which this solid state imaging device is fitted is contained in the tip part of an endoscope. Conductive parts are formed on at least one side surface of the substrate. The positions of the conductive parts, when that the conductive parts are overlapped with the solid state imaging device, are retreated to be within the electrode positions of the solid state imaging device so that the imaging device may be contained in a small space.
摘要:
An endoscope of this invention includes a solid-state image sensor in a hard distal end portion of an insertion section thereof. A body cavity can be observed by utilizing the solid-state image sensor and an image reproduction apparatus. An objective optical system consisting of a plurality of objective lenses is arranged inside the distal end portion of the insertion section of the endoscope. One side surface of an optical element is in contact with the proximal end face of the objective optical system. The direction of the optical path of light reflected by the observed portion and incident on the optical element is changed into a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical element. A solid-state image sensor for converting light into an electrical signal is mounted on the other side surface of the optical element. A circuit board bent to surround the optical element includes an electrical circuit connected to the solid-state image sensor. Therefore, the space around the optical element can be efficiently utilized. In order to connect the electronic components and the bundle of signal lines to the circuit board, the diameter and length of the hard distal end portion of the endoscope need not be increased.
摘要:
A method of displaying an image in a subject is provided. The method including: capturing an image using a capsule type medical device introduced into the subject; generating a wireless signal of the image; receiving the wireless signal of the image at the outside of the subject with an external device; and displaying the image based on the received signal, on a first display portion contained in the same housing as the external device.
摘要:
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 driving an imaging device and an illuminating device. Thus, the power supply can be turned ON easily. In addition, the inside portion is sealed water-tightly. Thus, the battery self-containing body or a battery can be exchanged easily, which allows the easy reuse. The direction of the visual field of the imaging device is diagonal with respect to the axis of the capsule body. Furthermore, spiral-shape projections are provided on the peripheral surface of the cylinder form. Thus, the rotation allows the surface of canal cavity wall to be examined easily.
摘要:
An endoscope system consists mainly of: an endoscope having a solid-state imaging device and an objective optical system that converges an object image on said solid-state imaging device; and a signal processing unit that processes an image signal produced by the endoscope so as to produce a video signal. The objective optical system includes an optical phase modulation member. The optical phase modulation member exhibits a response of 0.2 or more derived from an optical transfer function relative to a spatial frequency on the solid-state imaging device determined based on the Nyquist theorem, that is, a Nyquist frequency, over a wider range of distances than a depth of field offered by an objective optical system not having the optical phase modulation member.
摘要:
Wear resistant member for electronic equipment comprises a silicon nitride sintered body that contains conductivity enhancing particles, and has electrical resistivity in the range from 1 to 105 &OHgr;·m. In silicon nitride sintered body, agglomeration of conductivity enhancing particles in which distance between conductivity enhancing particles is less than 1 &mgr;m exists by 30% or less by area ratio per unit area. Wear resistant member is used for a bearing ball or the like, being applied in a rotation actuator of electronic equipment such as a magnetic recorder and optical disk drive. Malfunction of electronic equipment due to static electricity may be cancelled due to electrical resistivity that silicon nitride sintered body has.
摘要:
A CCD for imaging a subject is driven by a CCD driving circuit. An observation image of the subject obtained by the CCD being driven becomes an output signal of the CCD and is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter through a preprocessing circuit including an amplifying circuit, low-pass filter and sample hold circuit. While the signal of the observation image converted by the A/D converter when the subject is illuminated is stored in a first memory, the signal of the observation image when the subject is not illuminated is stored in the second memory. The signals stored in the first memory and the second memory are instantaneously read and supplied to a subtracting circuit. In the subtracting circuit, operation process for extracting a signal in which an imaging signal during non-illumination is subtracted from an imaging signal during illumination is carried out. The extracted signal is converted into an analog signal by a D/A converter to supply the signal to a video processing circuit, and then, a standard video signal is produced.
摘要:
An electronic image pickup device for endoscopes is arranged so that at least two filters have mutually different transmitting wavelength ranges are inserted either alternatively or as a rotatable filter disc into an optical path of either an illuminating system or an image pickup system in order to make it possible to obtain either alternatingly or simultaneously color images produced by at least two kinds of rays having mutually different wavelength ranges.
摘要:
A video scope system including a video scope in which a solid state image sensor is disposed in a distal end of an insertion to be inserted into an object under inspection and picks up an image of the inside of the object under inspection illuminated by a light fed by a light guide extending in the insertion section, a light source unit having a light source feeding a light into the light guide, and a video processor unit processing a signal supplied from the solid state image sensor to output a picture signal to be displayed on a monitor. The light source unit and the video processor unit are disposed in separate housings, respectively, and these units are connected to each other by a cable to transmit a signal therebetween.