Endoscope apparatus, endoscope, initialization method, and initialization program
AssigneeSony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
InventorsIchiro Masui, Takahiro Yamamoto
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Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes: a camera head configured to examine an interior of a subject and output a result of the examination; and a control apparatus electrically connected to the camera head and configured for the examination result to be inputted thereto from the camera head and to control operation of the camera head. The camera head includes a plurality of devices, and a CPU configured to perform initialization of at least one of the plurality of devices. The endoscope apparatus makes it possible to shorten start-up time of the entire endoscope apparatus.
Claims6
An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- an endoscope configured to examine an interior of a subject and output a result of the examination;
- a control apparatus detachably connected to the endoscope and configured to receive an examination result and to control operation of the endoscope, wherein
- the endoscope includes an imaging sensor and an endoscope circuit,
- the control apparatus includes a control apparatus circuit,
- the endoscope circuit and the control apparatus circuit perform a parallel initialization, and
- the parallel initialization includes a first initialization by the endoscope circuit to initialize the image sensor and a second initialization by the control apparatus circuit to initialize the control apparatus.
An initialization method to be executed by an endoscope detachably connected to a control apparatus and configured to output an examination result of an interior of a subject to the control apparatus, the method comprising:
- examining, using the endoscope, an interior of a subject and output a result of the examination;
- receiving, using the control apparatus, the examination result and controlling, using the control apparatus, operation of the endoscope, wherein
- the endoscope includes an imaging sensor and an endoscope circuit,
- the control apparatus includes a control apparatus circuit,
- the method further comprises performing, using the endoscope circuit and the control apparatus circuit, a parallel initialization, and
- the parallel initialization includes a first initialization by the endoscope circuit to initialize the image sensor and a second initialization by the control apparatus circuit to initialize the control apparatus.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute an initialization method to be executed by an endoscope detachably connected to a control apparatus and configured to output an examination result of an interior of a subject to the control apparatus, the method comprising:
- examining, using the endoscope, an interior of a subject and output a result of the examination;
- receiving, using the control apparatus, the examination result and controlling, using the control apparatus, operation of the endoscope, wherein
- the endoscope includes an imaging sensor and an endoscope circuit,
- the control apparatus includes a control apparatus circuit,
- the method further comprises performing, using the endoscope circuit and the control apparatus circuit, a parallel initialization, and
- the parallel initialization includes a first initialization by the endoscope circuit to initialize the image sensor and a second initialization by the control apparatus circuit to initialize the control apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.