Wireless endoscope, wireless endoscope apparatus and illumination control method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorMakoto Kasumi
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Abstract
A wireless endoscope includes: a wireless receiving circuit configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted voice; a first processor configured to process the voice received by the wireless receiving circuit; a light source apparatus configured to generate illumination light to illuminate a subject; an image pickup sensor configured to pick up an image of the subject; a wireless transmission circuit configured to wirelessly transmit an image pickup result of the image pickup sensor; and a second processor configured to control the light source apparatus based on a processing result of the first processor.
Claims19
A wireless endoscope comprising:
- a wireless receiving circuit configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted voice;
- a first processor configured to process the voice;
- a light source configured to generate illumination light;
- an image pickup sensor configured to pick up an image of the subject;
- and
- a second processor configured to control the light source based on a processing result of the first processor.
A wireless endoscope apparatus comprising a wireless endoscope and a voice detection unit,
- the voice detection unit including:
- a microphone configured to acquire a voice;
- a voice modulation circuit configured to modulate the voice;
- and
- a first wireless transmission circuit configured to wirelessly transmit a modulation result of the voice modulation circuit,
- the wireless endoscope including:
- a wireless receiving circuit configured to receive the modulated voice;
- a first processor configured to process the modulated voice received by the wireless receiving circuit;
- a light source configured to generate illumination light;
- an image pickup sensor configured to pick up an image of the subject;
- a second wireless transmission circuit configured to wirelessly transmit an image pickup result of the image pickup sensor;
- and
- a second processor configured to control the light source based on a processing result of the first processor;
- and
- wherein the voice detection unit is removably provided on the wireless endoscope.
An illumination control method comprising:
- acquiring a voice of a subject through a microphone sensor,
- picking up an image of vocal cords of the voice acquired through the microphone sensor,
- evaluating a voice frequency from the voice,
- generating a light emission control signal based on the voice frequency;
- and
- controlling an emission frequency of a light source based on the light emission control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.