公开(公告)号：US20170230624A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-10

申请号：US15493774

申请日：2017-04-21

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： Takayuki HANAWA ,  Shinji YAMASHITA ,  Yasunori MATSUI ,  Yuzuru TANABE

IPC: H04N9/04 ,  H04N9/64 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/363 ,  A61B1/05 ,  A61B1/00

CPC classification number: H04N9/045 ,  A61B1/00009 ,  A61B1/00186 ,  A61B1/045 ,  A61B1/05 ,  G02B23/2484 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/3658 ,  H04N5/37457 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N9/64 ,  H04N2005/2255

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an image sensor including: pixels for receiving light to generate image signals, and reading circuits sharing predetermined number of pixels with one another; a format converter configured to convert the image signals output from the image sensor into a predetermined format corresponding to a processing device for performing image processing on the image signals; and a connector including the format converter and configured to be connected to the processing device. The image sensor includes a color filter of a Bayer array in which a red filter for passing a red component and a first green filter for passing a green component are alternately arranged in even lines of horizontal lines of the pixels, and a second green filter for passing a green component and a blue filter for passing a blue component are alternately arranged in odd lines of the horizontal lines.