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公开(公告)号:US10327622B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-25
申请号:US15375835
申请日:2016-12-12
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Hiroyuki Kamee , Satoshi Ohara , Motoki Tabata
IPC: A61B1/05 , A61B1/06 , A61B1/273 , A61B1/00 , A61B5/00 , A61K49/00 , H04N5/225 , H04N5/232 , G02B23/24
Abstract: An endoscope includes an observation mode switch to switch observation modes. The observation modes include a dye valid observation mode allowed to acquire an image in which the dye is visually recognized well, and a dye invalid observation mode allowed to acquire an image in which the dye is substantially not visually recognized.
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公开(公告)号:US09880380B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-30
申请号:US15350181
申请日:2016-11-14
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Bakusui Daidoji , Takeshi Ito , Satoshi Ohara , Motoki Tabata
IPC: A61B1/04 , G02B23/24 , A61B1/00 , A61B1/07 , G02B6/02 , G02B6/036 , G02B6/04 , G02B6/293 , G02B6/35 , G02B6/42 , G02B6/44 , G02B27/48 , A61B1/06 , G02B6/32 , G02B26/08 , G02B6/26
CPC classification number: G02B23/2469 , A61B1/00045 , A61B1/00163 , A61B1/04 , A61B1/06 , A61B1/0638 , A61B1/07 , G02B6/02042 , G02B6/036 , G02B6/04 , G02B6/26 , G02B6/29388 , G02B6/32 , G02B6/3506 , G02B6/3508 , G02B6/3598 , G02B6/4268 , G02B6/4471 , G02B23/2461 , G02B23/2484 , G02B26/0875 , G02B27/48
Abstract: An endoscope system has observation modes making observations with lights having optical characteristics different from each other. The system includes an endoscope including an insertion section provided with an illumination window, a light guide arranged in the insertion section, and including an entrance end on which the lights enter and a plurality of light guide areas that guide the lights entered on the entrance end, and an entrance area switching unit that switches between the light guide areas through which the entered lights are guided by switching between areas on which the lights enter at the entrance end in accordance with an observation mode.
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公开(公告)号:US09268099B2
公开(公告)日:2016-02-23
申请号:US14567726
申请日:2014-12-11
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Yoshinori Tanaka , Satoshi Ohara
IPC: G02B6/38
Abstract: An optical connector includes a first engaging member holding at least one first optical fiber to guide light from a light source, a second engaging member holding a second optical fiber to be optically connected to the first optical fiber, and configured to be engaged with the first engaging member, and a light shield member provided near an emission end of the first optical fiber, at such a position as to shield light from the first optical fiber at disengagement of the engaging members. The light shield member is pushed by the second engaging member at engagement of the engaging members, so as to be folded and evacuated in a gap. The light shield member includes a light absorption member to absorb light and to generate heat, a thermal diffusion member to diffuse and radiate the heat, and a base supporting the light absorption member and thermal diffusion member.
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公开(公告)号:US12249088B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-11
申请号:US17684557
申请日:2022-03-02
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Satoshi Ohara
Abstract: A control device includes a processor including hardware. The processor acquires a surface image of a surface of an observation target and an inside image of a target portion existing inside the observation target, calculates three-dimensional coordinates of the surface from the surface image, calculates three-dimensional coordinates of the target portion from the inside image, and estimates depth information indicating a depth from the surface to the target portion based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the surface and the three-dimensional coordinates of the target portion.
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公开(公告)号:US10178945B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-15
申请号:US14960811
申请日:2015-12-07
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Toru Kuboi , Satoshi Ohara
Abstract: A shape sensor comprises a shape sensor main body which comprises an optical fiber capable, a detection object section, and a light detecting section to detect the detection light and which is capable of measuring a shape of a measurement target object by utilizing a change in characteristics of the light detected through the detection object section in accordance with a change in curvature of the optical fiber when the optical fiber curves; and a curving direction regulating section which is provided on at least a part of the optical fiber along an optical axis thereof and regulates a curvable direction of the optical fiber to a desired direction; wherein the curving direction regulating section is a core member which is disposed in at least a part of the shape sensor main body along the light propagating direction of the optical fiber and whose main curving direction is regulated.
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公开(公告)号:US12042127B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US17942465
申请日:2022-09-12
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Yoshinori Tanaka , Satoshi Ohara
CPC classification number: A61B1/005 , A61B1/0017 , A61B1/0615 , A61B1/063 , A61B1/0646 , A61B1/07 , G02B6/42 , G02B23/24 , G02B23/2469 , G02B23/26
Abstract: A light guide unit includes a light guide member and a protection member surrounding the light guide member. The light guide member includes an optical fiber having an outer diameter. The protection member is formed in a network structure by knitting a metal member having a flat cross-sectional shape by bending the metal member in a direction in which the thickness of the metal material is thin, and a gap smaller than the outer diameter is formed along the axial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US10405737B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-10
申请号:US15380081
申请日:2016-12-15
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Motoki Tabata , Takeshi Ito , Satoshi Ohara
Abstract: An endoscope light source apparatus includes a first light source section that emits first light, a second light source section that emits second light, and an optical path combiner that combines an optical path of the first light and an optical path of the second light. The etendue of the first light source section is smaller than the etendue of the second light source section. The optical path combiner has an optical deflection surface that deflects the second light, and has an aperture that allows the first light to pass through it within an area of the optical deflection surface. The optical path combiner deflects the second light so that a center axis of the optical path of the second light deflected by the optical deflection surface corresponds to a center axis of the optical path of the first light that has passed through the aperture.
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公开(公告)号:US10078210B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-18
申请号:US14996433
申请日:2016-01-15
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Motoki Tabata , Masahiro Nishio , Satoshi Ohara
IPC: A61B1/06 , G02B23/24 , G02B27/10 , H04N5/225 , F21K9/20 , F21K9/61 , H05B33/08 , H01L33/60 , F21Y115/30 , F21Y115/10
CPC classification number: G02B23/2469 , A61B1/06 , F21K9/20 , F21K9/61 , F21Y2115/10 , F21Y2115/30 , G01N2201/0624 , G02B27/1006 , H04N5/2256 , H04N2005/2255 , H05B33/086 , H05B33/0869
Abstract: A light source apparatus includes a main unit, light source modules attachable to and detachable from the main unit, and storage mediums storing characteristic information of the light source modules. Each light source module includes at least one light source and a light connection part to be optically connected to the main unit. The main unit includes entrance parts to be optically connected to the light connection parts of the connected light source modules, a light combining unit to combine light entering the entrance parts, at least one exit part to cause light combined by the light combining unit to exit, and an exit light characteristic deriving unit to derive characteristic information of achievable exit light based on characteristic information of the light source modules stored in the storage mediums.
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公开(公告)号:US20180100627A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-12
申请号:US15835530
申请日:2017-12-08
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Kazuaki TAMURA , Masahiro Nishio , Satoshi Ohara
CPC classification number: F21K9/64 , A61B1/0653 , A61B1/07 , F21V5/002 , F21V7/04 , F21V9/30 , F21V23/003 , F21Y2113/10 , F21Y2115/30 , G02B23/2469 , G02B23/2484 , G02B2207/113
Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a first wavelength converter which absorbs part of the first excitation light and emits first wavelength-converted light, a second wavelength converter which absorbs part of the first excitation light and emits second wavelength-converted light, a reflector including a reflecting surface which is arranged to surround the members, and a holder which holds the members. A first region where light distribution angles of light emitted from the members have a predetermined value or less and a second region where the light distribution angle is less than the predetermined value are present in a region surrounded by the reflecting surface. The holder holds at least one part of the wavelength converter and at least one part of the second wavelength converter at the first region.
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公开(公告)号:US09746624B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-29
申请号:US15055774
申请日:2016-02-29
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Inventor: Satoshi Ohara
CPC classification number: G02B6/423 , A61B1/00126 , G02B6/3616 , G02B6/3807 , G02B6/3825 , G02B6/3846 , G02B6/3853 , G02B6/3882 , G02B6/3885 , G02B23/26
Abstract: An optical connector for an endoscope has a first holding member which holds a first waveguide therein, a second holding member which holds a second waveguide therein and replaceable replacement members which intervenes between the first holding member and the second holding member so that replacement waveguides intervenes between the waveguides and is optically coupled to the waveguides. The optical connector has attachment members and a positioning mechanism which positions the holding members and the replacement members relative to one another.
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