Hand held, portable camera with adaptable lens system
AssigneeEast Giant Limited
InventorsDon Yarush, Todd Devos, Martin G. Sosa, Gary Handelin
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Abstract
An adaptable, portable hand-held fiber optic camera for producing video images of an object having all of the necessary components for performing fiber optic procedures comprises a power source, a lens system, a light source, and a video camera assembly. The portable fiber optic camera is adaptable to a wide variety of lens systems. The lens system is electrically, removably coupled to the video camera assembly and the light source.
Claims17
An adaptable, portable, hand-held apparatus for producing video images of an object, the portable, hand-held apparatus, comprising:
- light source means for producing light for illumination of the object;
- video imaging means for generating a video signal of the object;
- lens means having a distal end and a proximal end, said lens means being selectively, removably, coupled at its proximal end to the light source means for translating light from the light source means to the distal end of the lens means and for emitting the translated light from the distal end of the lens means so as to illuminate the object when the distal end of the lens means is positioned adjacent the object, said lens means also being selectively, removably, optically coupled at its proximal end to the video imaging means for translating an image of said object from the distal end of said lens means to the video imaging means;
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- power supply means electrically coupled to, and for supplying electrical power to, said light source means and said video imaging means, wherein the apparatus is self contained
- wherein a power cord assembly selectively couples the lens means to the light source means
- wherein the power cord assembly comprises an electrical cord and
- wherein the electrical cord is a resiliently extendable cord.
An adaptable, portable, hand-held apparatus for producing video images of an object, the portable, hand-held apparatus, comprising:
- a light source;
- a camera assembly;
- an adaptor coupled to the camera assembly;
- a focusing assembly coupled to the adaptor;
- a lens system having a distal end and a proximal end, said lens system being selectively, removably, optically coupled at its proximal end to the light source, the lens system configured to translate light from the light source to the distal end of the lens system and emit the translated light from the distal end of the lens system so as to illuminate the object when the distal end of the lens system is positioned adjacent the object, the lens system also being selectively, removably, optically coupled at its proximal end to the focusing assembly;
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- a power source electrically coupled to the light source and the camera assembly
- wherein a power cord assembly selectively couples the lens means to the light source means
- wherein the power cord assembly comprises an electrical cord and
- wherein the electrical cord can extend different lengths and coils in a self-retracting manner.
An adaptable, portable, hand-held apparatus for producing video images of an object, the portable, hand-held apparatus, comprising:
- a light source;
- a camera assembly;
- a lens system having a distal end and a proximal end, said lens system being selectively, optically coupled at its proximal end to the light source, the lens system configured to translate light from the light source to the distal end of the lens system and emit the translated light from the distal end of the lens system so as to illuminate the object when the distal end of the lens system is positioned adjacent the object, the lens system also being selectively, removably, optically coupled at its proximal end to the camera assembly;
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- a power source electrically coupled to the light source and the camera assembly, wherein the lens system comprises a fiber-light input port coupled to a lens tube and wherein the fiber-light input port is external to a housing covering the camera assembly, such that the light source may be readily, selectively coupled to the lens system, wherein the light source is a light emitting diode having a wattage in the range of about 0.001 Watts to about 5 Watts
- wherein a power cord assembly selectively couples the lens means to the light source means
- wherein the power cord assembly comprises an electrical cord and
- wherein the electrical cord is a resilient extendible cord such that the cord can extend along varying lengths and such that the cord is gathered, thereby preventing the cord from tangling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.