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.
Claims15
A wireless endoscope comprising:
- 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.
A wireless endoscope apparatus comprising a wireless endoscope and a voice detection unit,
- the voice detection unit including:
- a microphone configured to detect a voice;
- a voice modulation circuit configured to modulate the voice detected by the microphone;
- 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 voice wirelessly transmitted from the first wireless transmission circuit;
- 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 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 apparatus based on a processing result of the first processor.
An illumination control method for controlling illumination light of a wireless endoscope, wherein:
- a voice detection unit
- detects a voice,
- modulates the detected voice, and
- wirelessly transmits a signal for the modulated voice;
- and
- a wireless endoscope
- receives the wirelessly transmitted voice, and
- controls light emission by giving a processing result of the wirelessly received voice, to a light source apparatus configured to generate illumination light to illuminate a subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.