Electronic endoscope apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiko Miyazaki, Tetsuo Nonami, Yuji Ikuno
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Abstract
This electronic endoscope apparatus comprises an elongate insertable part, two image forming optical systems provide in the tip part of the insertable part and an integrated imaging device provided in the tip part of the insertable part and having two imaging regions in which object images are formed by two image forming optical systems. The imaging device has, for example, one solid state imaging device having two imaging regions or has two solid state imaging devices made integral.
Claims30
An electronic endoscope apparatus comprising:
- an elongate insertable part;
- two image forming optical systems provided in the tip part of said insertable part;
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- an imaging means provided in the tip part of said insertable part, having two imaging regions in which object images are formed by said two image forming optical systems and made integral.
An electronic endoscope apparatus comprising:
- an endoscope provided with an elongate insertable part, two image forming optical systems provided in the tip part of said insertable part and an integrated imaging means provided in the tip part of said insertable part and having two imaging regions in which object images are formed by said two image forming optical systems;
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- a signal processing apparatus to which said endoscope is removably connected and which processes the output signal of said imaging means so as to be a video signal.
An electronic endoscope apparatus comprising:
- a elongate insertable part;
- a plurality of image forming optical systems provided in the tip part of said insertable part;
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- an integrated imaging means provided in the tip part of said insertable part and having a plurality of imaging regions in which object images are formed by said plurality of image forming optical systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.