Device for coupling an endoscope to a videophone
OwnerPeter Johannes Jongsma, Werner Schöllyinventors
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Abstract
The invention describes an adapter for coupling an optical system, such as an endoscope, to a videophone, for example a mobile telephone having a camera By coupling an endoscope to a videophone, an image can be transmitted directly to a remote observer. If the videophone has a screen, the image can also be viewed by the user on the screen without having to make use of an image processing system with a conventional screen. The adapter makes possible a simple and inexpensive method for viewing and transmitting an image of a part of an object.
Claims15
A system comprising an optical system (1), a videophone (2), and an adapter (3;55) arranged to couple said optical system (1) to said videophone (2) in such a way that an image to be generated by the optical system (1) can be observed and recorded by a camera of said videophone (2), said camera being integrated in a housing of said videophone, wherein the adapter (3;55) comprises a receptacle (16;60) for positioning and clamping the videophone (2).
A method for providing, remote from an object not being a person or an animal, an image of a part of the object, comprising:
- providing a videophone having a camera integrated in its housing;
- coupling an optical system to said videophone by way of clamping part of said housing of said videophone into an adapter (3;55) arranged to couple said optical system to said videophone;
- recording an image of the part using the optical system and the videophone, and
- transmitting the recorded image using the videophone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.