Guide structure for electronic endoscope systems
    1.
    发明授权
    Guide structure for electronic endoscope systems 失效
    电子内窥镜系统导轨结构

    公开(公告)号:US5830124A

    公开(公告)日:1998-11-03

    申请号:US634881

    申请日:1996-04-19

    摘要: A connector guide structure for electronic endoscope systems capable of efficiently eliminating high-frequency noises which are allowed by a connector guide functioning as an antenna to mix by way of sheath members and a console. The connector guide structure comprises a connector guide for connecting a connector disposed on an electronic endoscope to a main unit, and noise eliminating capacitors are connected between the connector guide and a console of the main unit. A capacitor for eliminating noises produced by a radio knife and a plurality of capacitors for eliminating noises produced by clock-frequency signals are used as the capacitors. Feet of the capacitors are directly connected within an interval of 4 mm to 20 mm which is reserved between the connector guide and the console. Accordingly, the connector guide structure is capable of favorably eliminating not only the noises produced by the radio knife but also the noises produced by providing clock-frequency signals.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于电子内窥镜系统的连接器引导结构,其能够有效地消除由用作天线的连接器引导件允许的高频噪声,以通过护套构件和控制台进行混合。 连接器引导结构包括用于将设置在电子内窥镜上的连接器连接到主单元的连接器引导件,并且在连接器引导件和主单元的控制台之间连接有噪声消除电容器。 使用用于消除由无线电刀产生的噪声的电容器和用于消除由时钟频率信号产生的噪声的多个电容器作为电容器。 电容器的脚直接连接在连接器引导件和控制台之间保留的4 mm至20 mm的间隔内。 因此,连接器引导结构不仅能够有效地消除由无线电刀产生的噪声,而且可以消除通过提供时钟频率信号产生的噪声。

    Shielding structure of electronic endoscope apparatus
    2.
    发明授权
    Shielding structure of electronic endoscope apparatus 失效
    电子内窥镜屏蔽结构

    公开(公告)号:US5569158A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-29

    申请号:US313363

    申请日:1994-09-27

    摘要: A shielding structure of an electronic endoscope apparatus which can sufficiently remove noise even when an electric cautery is used. A signal transmission cable which connects a charge coupled device disposed at the end portion of an electronic endoscope to a processor unit is electrically shielded by a double shield composed by an inner shield and an outer shield. The inner shield is connected to the ground in a light source connector and the outer shield is connected to the frame ground of the processor unit through a capacitor. The outer shield is further connected to a shielding member provided around the charge coupled device and a patient ground to which an electrode piece of an electric cautery is connected. Noise is greatly removed, so that the picture quality is improved.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子内窥镜装置的屏蔽结构,即使在使用电灼烧时也能充分地除去噪声。 将设置在电子内窥镜的端部的电荷耦合器件连接到处理器单元的信号传输电缆通过由内屏蔽和外屏蔽构成的双屏蔽电屏蔽。 内屏蔽件连接到光源连接器中的地面,外屏蔽件通过电容器连接到处理器单元的框架接地。 外屏蔽件进一步连接到设置在电荷耦合器件周围的屏蔽部件和连接电火花电极片的患者接地。 噪音大大消除,使图像质量得到改善。

    Exposure control device for electronic endoscope
    3.
    发明授权
    Exposure control device for electronic endoscope 失效
    电子内窥镜曝光控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US5614949A

    公开(公告)日:1997-03-25

    申请号:US402488

    申请日:1995-03-10

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225 H04N5/235 H04N5/232

    CPC分类号: H04N5/2353 H04N2005/2255

    摘要: There is provided an electronic shutter control device for an electronic endoscope which can control exposure with high precision even if the intensity of incident light is high in a close-up and the like. The control device has a mask circuit for forming masks having a predetermined width in upper and lower portions of a monitor screen in a vertical scanning direction, and a detection circuit for verifying whether or not the intensity of incident light is higher than a predetermined value. An electronic shutter control circuit forms a discharge pulse for electronic shutter control from a driving pulse generated in a blanking period of a horizontal synchronizing signal when the intensity of incident light is lower than the predetermined value, and forms dense discharge pulses, whose number is, for example, 256 in one horizontal synchronizing signal, in an effective period of the horizontal synchronizing signal in an area masked in the vertical scanning direction when the intensity of incident light is higher than the predetermined value. High-precision exposure control can be achieved in a close-up by controlling the storage charge amount by the sweep control pulses and the like.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于电子内窥镜的电子快门控制装置,其即使在特写镜头等中入射光的强度高的情况下也能够高精度地控制曝光。 控制装置具有用于在垂直扫描方向上形成监视器屏幕的上部和下部具有预定宽度的掩模的掩模电路和用于验证入射光强度是否高于预定值的检测电路。 当入射光的强度低于预定值时,电子快门控制电路在水平同步信号的消隐期间产生的驱动脉冲形成用于电子快门控制的放电脉冲,并形成致密的放电脉冲, 在入射光的强度高于预定值时,在垂直扫描方向上屏蔽的区域中的水平同步信号的有效期间内的一个水平同步信号中的256个。 通过利用扫描控制脉冲等控制存储电荷量,可以在特写中实现高精度的曝光控制。

    Signal processing circuit for a simultaneous electronic endoscope
apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Signal processing circuit for a simultaneous electronic endoscope apparatus 失效
    用于同时电子内窥镜装置的信号处理电路

    公开(公告)号:US5440341A

    公开(公告)日:1995-08-08

    申请号:US245483

    申请日:1994-05-18

    CPC分类号: H04N9/045 H04N2005/2255

    摘要: A simultaneous electronic endoscope apparatus which is capable of preventing the deterioration of the picture quality due to the difference of the saturation property in mixture signals. The apparatus comprises a charge coupled device provided with a plurality of color filters. Upper and lower pixel signals are mixed in a charge coupled device so as to form mixture signals. When the saturated state of a mixture signal is detected, the gain of the mixture signal is multiplied by a preset coefficient so as to apparently cancel the saturated state. Alternatively two types of luminance signals may be formed by combining the plurality of mixture signals formed on each horizontal scanning line. When the saturated state of a luminance signal is detected, the gain of the luminance signal is amplified so that the level thereof is the same as that of the other luminance signal, thereby apparently cancelling the saturated state.

    摘要翻译: 一种同时的电子内窥镜装置,其能够防止由于混合信号中的饱和特性的差异导致的图像质量的劣化。 该装置包括具有多个滤色器的电荷耦合器件。 上下像素信号在电荷耦合器件中混合以便形成混合信号。 当检测到混合信号的饱和状态时,混合信号的增益乘以预设系数,以便明显地消除饱和状态。 或者,可以通过组合在每个水平扫描线上形成的多个混合信号来形成两种类型的亮度信号。 当检测到亮度信号的饱和状态时,亮度信号的增益被放大,使得其亮度信号的电平与其他亮度信号相同,从而明显地消除了饱和状态。

    Light source device for endoscope which is capable of light setting
shading period
    5.
    发明授权
    Light source device for endoscope which is capable of light setting shading period 失效
    能够设定遮光时间的内窥镜用光源装置

    公开(公告)号:US6059722A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-09

    申请号:US950587

    申请日:1997-10-15

    IPC分类号: G02B23/24 A61B1/06 A61B1/07

    CPC分类号: A61B1/0669

    摘要: A light source device for an endoscope is capable of selecting a reading method between a method utilizing a light shading period and a method doing without a light shading period. It is possible to adopt both the new reading method and the conventional reading method. A rotary shutter is composed of, for example, a disk with a light passing portion for securing a light source path and a light shading portion formed on the outer peripheral portion, and a DC motor rotates and stops the rotary shutter. When the electronic endoscope apparatus to which the light source device is applied is of an all-pixels reading type, the rotation mode in which light is output during a predetermined light shading period at intervals of 1/30 sec is set. When the light source device is applied to a conventional electronic endoscope apparatus, for example, of a pixel mixture signal reading type system, the stop mode in which the illuminating light is not shaded is set. The reading system adopted by the electronic endoscope apparatus is judged by an ID discriminator, and the rotary shutter is stopped at a predetermined position by a stop controller in the stop mode.

    摘要翻译: 用于内窥镜的光源装置能够选择利用遮光时段的方法和不进行遮光时间的方法之间的读取方法。 可以采用新的阅读方法和常规阅读方法。 旋转快门由例如具有用于固定光源路径的光通过部分的光盘和形成在外周部分上的遮光部分组成,并且DC电机旋转并停止旋转快门。 当应用光源装置的电子内窥镜装置是全像素读取型时,在+ E,fra 1/30 + EE sec的间隔的预定的遮光期间输出光的旋转模式是 组。 当将光源装置应用于例如像素混合信号读取型系统的传统电子内窥镜装置时,设置照明光不被遮蔽的停止模式。 电子内窥镜装置采用的读取系统由ID鉴别器判断,并且在停止模式下由停止控制器将旋转快门停在预定位置。

    Electronic endoscope apparatus with imaging unit separable therefrom
    6.
    发明授权
    Electronic endoscope apparatus with imaging unit separable therefrom 失效
    具有与其分离的成像单元的电子内窥镜装置

    公开(公告)号:US5653677A

    公开(公告)日:1997-08-05

    申请号:US416349

    申请日:1995-04-04

    IPC分类号: A61B1/05 A61B5/07 H04N13/00

    摘要: An electronic endoscope apparatus has an imaging unit separable from the distal end portion of an endoscope and is capable of easily handling and operating the separated imaging unit. In the apparatus, the imaging unit having an imaging device is arranged as a separate member so that the imaging unit can be separated from the distal end portion of the endoscope, and the imaging unit is held in the accommodating pocket of the endoscope by holding means such as, for example, an electromagnet or the like. Therefore, the imaging unit is separated from the distal end portion of the endoscope by turning off the electromagnet when the endoscope is inserted into a desired position of an observing subject and can carry out picking-up operation as an imaging unit independently of the endoscope. An electric signal is transmitted between an endoscope main body and the imaging unit as a radio wave through antennas. Observing means may be provided with the endoscope main body independently of the imaging unit and further a stereoscopic image may be formed by the imaging unit and the observing means. In addition, a wire can be disposed in the endoscope main body to hold the imaging unit in the accommodating unit as well as collect the separated imaging unit to the accommodating pocket. Moreover, when the wire is also used as a signal line, a signal transmission can be realized by a simple arrangement.

    摘要翻译: 电子内窥镜装置具有与内窥镜的前端部分离的成像单元,能够容易地处理和操作分离的摄像单元。 在该装置中,具有成像装置的成像单元被配置为单独的部件,使得成像单元可以与内窥镜的远端部分离,并且成像单元通过保持装置保持在内窥镜的容纳口中 例如电磁体等。 因此,当将内窥镜插入观察对象的期望位置时,通过关闭电磁体,将成像单元与内窥镜的远端部分离,并且能够独立于内窥镜执行作为成像单元的拾取操作。 电信号通过天线作为无线电波在内窥镜主体和成像单元之间传递。 观察装置可以独立于成像单元设置在内窥镜主体上,并且还可以由成像单元和观察装置形成立体图像。 此外,可以在内窥镜主体中设置线以将成像单元保持在容纳单元中,并且将分离的成像单元收集到容纳口袋中。 此外,当线也用作信号线时,可以通过简单的布置来实现信号传输。

    Signal level correction circuit for a video signal
    7.
    发明授权
    Signal level correction circuit for a video signal 失效
    用于视频信号的信号电平校正电路

    公开(公告)号:US5142354A

    公开(公告)日:1992-08-25

    申请号:US629498

    申请日:1990-12-18

    CPC分类号: H04N9/72

    摘要: A signal level correction circuit for a video signal includes a voltage control amplifier for amplifying a video signal received from a solid state image sensor with different gains for the respective chrominance signals, a first clamp circuit for setting a black level in the video signal received from the amplifier, a comparator for outputting a voltage proportional to the difference between a peak holding voltage of a capacitor in the horizontal blanking period of the video signal clamped by the first clamp circuit, and a reference voltage. An adder adds the output voltage from the comparator and the video signal from the first clamp circuit. A second clamp circuit resets the black level of the amplified video signal. A .gamma. correction circuit adjusts the .gamma. value of the video signal from the second clamp circuit. A clipping circuit clips the dynamic ranges between the white and black level of the .gamma. value corrected video signal. A third clamp circuit resets the black level of the video signal from the clipping circuit. An A/D converter converts the analog video signal into a digital signal.

    摘要翻译: 用于视频信号的信号电平校正电路包括用于放大从固态图像传感器接收的视频信号的电压控制放大器,用于各个色度信号具有不同的增益;第一钳位电路,用于设置从 放大器,用于输出与由第一钳位电路钳位的视频信号的水平消隐期间的电容器的峰值保持电压之间的差成比例的电压与参考电压的比较器。 加法器将来自比较器的输出电压和来自第一钳位电路的视频信号相加。 第二钳位电路复位放大视频信号的黑电平。 伽马校正电路调整来自第二钳位电路的视频信号的伽马值。 剪辑电路剪辑伽马值校正视频信号的白色和黑色电平之间的动态范围。 第三钳位电路复位来自削波电路的视频信号的黑电平。 A / D转换器将模拟视频信号转换为数字信号。

    Television standard converter for endoscope
    8.
    发明授权
    Television standard converter for endoscope 失效
    内窥镜电视标准转换器

    公开(公告)号:US06933963B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-23

    申请号:US10093605

    申请日:2002-03-11

    摘要: To provide a first memory for storing an odd field data, a second memory for storing an even field data acquired in an NTSC system, a third memory for storing the same video data stored in the first and second memories, and a TV standard conversion circuit. For the data in a period for which a writing of a next data overtakes reading of the data from the first memory or the second memory, a writing into the third memory is inhibited, and the data is read from the third memory, whereby the signal of the NTSC system is converted into the signal of a PAL system. In this manner, an excellent video is displayed on a PAL monitor without any the bar noise.

    摘要翻译: 为了提供用于存储奇数场数据的第一存储器,用于存储在NTSC系统中获取的偶数场数据的第二存储器,用于存储存储在第一和第二存储器中的相同视频数据的第三存储器,以及TV标准转换电路 。 对于下一个数据的写入超过来自第一存储器或第二存储器的数据的读取的周期中的数据,对第三存储器的写入被禁止,并且数据从第三存储器读取,由此信号 的NTSC系统被转换成PAL系统的信号。 以这种方式,在PAL监视器上显示出优良的视频,而没有任何条形噪声。

    Electronic endoscope apparatus with noise suppression circuit
    9.
    发明授权
    Electronic endoscope apparatus with noise suppression circuit 失效
    具有噪声抑制电路的电子内窥镜装置

    公开(公告)号:US5686958A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-11

    申请号:US536265

    申请日:1995-09-29

    CPC分类号: H04N9/646 H04N5/21

    摘要: An electronic endoscope apparatus has an illumination unit for irradiating light of red, light of green and light of blue on an object for photographing in predetermined order at a predetermined period; an image signal generation unit for receiving reflection light from the object, generating a field sequential image signal on the basis of the received reflection light and delivering the field sequential digital image signal; a first memory unit for forming a predetermined look up table; a red data memory unit for storing data of a red image signal by one field; a green data memory unit for storing data of a green image signal by one field; a blue data memory unit for storing data of a blue image signal by one field, one field from the first memory unit being stored in one of the data memory unit for red, green and blue in synchronism with the order and the predetermined period of color illumination by the illumination unit; a switching unit for reading data from one of said data memory unit in synchronism with the order and the period of color illumination by the illumination unit and supplying the data as an addressing data to the first memory unit; and a unit for reading data pieces representative of the red, green and blue image signals from the data memory units and synthesizing the data pieces to produce a color image signal.

    摘要翻译: 电子内窥镜装置具有照射单元,用于以预定顺序在预定时间内将用于照射的红色,绿色和蓝色光的光照射在用于拍摄的物体上; 用于接收来自对象的反射光的图像信号生成单元,基于所接收的反射光产生场顺序图像信号并传送场序列数字图像信号; 用于形成预定查询表的第一存储单元; 红色数据存储单元,用于将红色图像信号的数据存储一个场; 绿色数据存储单元,用于将绿色图像信号的数据存储一个场; 蓝色数据存储单元,用于将蓝色图像信号的数据存储一个场,来自第一存储单元的一个场与序列和预定颜色周期同步地存储在红色,绿色和蓝色的数据存储单元之一中 由照明单元照明; 切换单元,用于与照明单元的顺序和颜色照明的周期同步地从所述数据存储单元之一读取数据,并将数据作为寻址数据提供给第一存储器单元; 以及用于从数据存储单元读取表示红色,绿色和蓝色图像信号的数据的单元并合成数据以产生彩色图像信号的单元。