Endoscope apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira Ohsawa
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Abstract
This endoscope apparatus comprises an endoscope body having an image transmitting member transmitting an image formed by an image forming optical system to the rear end side of an insertable part, an image receiving apparatus removably connected with the endoscope body and receiving the image transmitted by the image transmitting member and a focus adjusting apparatus which is provided in the image receiving apparatus and by which the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of the image transmitting member and formed for the image receiving apparatus can be adjusteed and is further provided with a detecting apparatus detecting such reference position on the endoscope body side as the exit end surface position of the image transmitting member and a detecting apparatus detecting the kind of the endoscope body.
Claims41
An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- an endoscope body having an elongate insertable part having an observing window in the tip part, an image forming optical system forming an object image by receiving a returning light from the object entering from said observing window and an image transmitting means inserted through said insertable part and transmitting the image formed by said image forming optical system to the rear end side of the insertable part;
- an image receiving means removably connected with said endoscope body and receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
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- a focus adjusting means provided in said image receiving means and capable of adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said photographing means.
An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- an endoscope body having an elongate insertable part having an observing window in the tip part, an image forming optical system forming an object image by receiving a returning light from the object entering from said observing window and an image transmitting means inserted through said insertable part and transmitting the image formed by said image forming optical system to the rear end side of the insertable part;
- an image receiving means removably connected with said endoscope body and receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
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- a focus adjusting means provided in said image receiving means and automatically adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means with the reference position on said endoscope body side as a reference.
An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- an endoscope body having an elongate insertable part having an observing window in the tip part, an image forming optical system forming an object image by receiving a returning light from the object entering from said observing window and an image transmitting means inserted through said insertable part and transmitting the image formed by said image forming optical system to the rear end side of the insertable part;
- an image receiving means removably connected with said endoscope body and receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
- a detecting means detecting a reference position on said endoscope body side;
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- a focus adjusting means provided in said image receiving means and automatically adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means with the reference position detected by said detecting means as a reference.
An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- an endoscope body having an elongate insertable part having an observing window in the tip part, an image forming optical system forming an object image by receiving a returning light from the object entering from said observing window and an image transmitting means inserted through said insertable part and transmitting the image formed by said image forming optical system to the rear end side of the insertable part;
- an image receiving means removably connected with said endoscope body and receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means:
- a detecting means detecting the kind of said endoscope body;
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- a focus adjusting means provided in said image receiving means and automatically adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means on the basis of the image surface position of said image transmitting means corresponding to the kind of the endoscope body detected by said detecting means.
An endoscope image receiving apparatus removably connected with the endoscope body having an image transmitting means, comprising:
- an image receiving means receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
- a focus adjusting means capable of adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means;
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- a detecting means detecting the reference position on said endoscope body side to adjust the focus by said focus adjusting means.
An endoscope image receiving apparatus removably connected with the endoscope body having an image transmitting means, comprising:
- an image receiving means receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
- a focus adjusting means whereby the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means can be adjusted;
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- a focus adjusting means automatically adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means with the reference position on said endoscope body side as a reference.
An endoscope image receiving apparatus removably connected with the endoscope body having an image transmitting means, comprising:
- an image receiving means receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
- a focus adjusting means whereby the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means can be adjusted;
- a detecting means detecting the reference position on said endoscope body side;
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- a focus adjusting means automatically adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means with the reference position detected by said detecting means as a reference.
An endoscope image receiving apparatus removably connected with the endoscope body having an image transmitting means, comprising:
- an image receiving means receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
- a focus adjusting means capable of adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means;
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- a detecting means detecting the kind of said endoscope body to adjust the focus by said focus adjusting means,
- the focus adjustment being possible by said focus adjusting means on the basis of the image surface position of said image transmitting means corresponding to the kind of the endoscope body detected by said detecting means.
An endoscope image receiving apparatus removably connected with the endoscope body having an image transmitting means, comprising:
- an image receiving means receiving the image transmitted by said image transmitting means;
- a focus adjusting means capable of adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means;
- a detecting means detecting the kind of said endoscope body;
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- a focus adjusting means automatically adjusting the focus of the image emitted from the exit end of said image transmitting means and formed for said image receiving means on the basis of the image surface position of said image transmitting means corresponding to the kind of the endoscope body detected by said detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.