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US 7,252,634 B2Granted
Confocal probe having scanning mirrors mounted to a transparent substrate in an optical path of the probe
AssigneePENTAX Corporation
InventorRogerio Jun Mizumo
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Abstract
A confocal probe unit is provided with a scanning type confocal probe, which includes at least one scanning mirror, and a transparent substrate on which the at least one scanning mirror is mounted. The transparent substrate is inserted in an optical path of the confocal probe such that a light beam proceeding along the optical path is deflected by the scanning mirror.
Claims16
A scanning type confocal probe, comprising:
- at least one scanning mirror;
- and
- a transparent substrate on which said at least one scanning mirror is mounted, said transparent substrate being inserted in an optical path of said confocal probe such that a light beam passing along the optical path is deflected by said at least one scanning mirror,
- wherein said at least one scanning mirror comprises a first rotating scanning mirror that deflects the light beam in a first predetermined direction, and a second rotating scanning mirror that deflects the light beam in a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction, said first rotating scanning mirror and said second rotating scanning mirror being rotatably mounted with respect to the transparent substrate.
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A scanning type confocal probe, comprising:
- at least one scanning mirror;
- and
- a transparent substrate on which said at least one scanning mirror is mounted, said transparent substrate being inserted in an optical path of said confocal probe such that a light beam passing along the optical path is deflected by said at least one scanning mirror,
- wherein said at least one scanning mirror includes:
- a scanning mirror that deflects the light beam in a first predetermined direction and in a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction;
- and
- a fixed mirror,
- said scanning mirror and said fixed mirror being mounted on the transparent substrate.
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An endoscope device, comprising:
- a light source that emits a light beam for illuminating an object to be observed;
- a scanning type confocal probe which includes at least one scanning mirror and a transparent substrate on which said at least one scanning mirror is mounted, said transparent substrate being inserted in an optical path of said confocal probe such that a light beam passing along the optical path is deflected by said at least one scanning mirror, said at least one scanning mirror comprises a first rotating scanning mirror that deflects the light beam in a first predetermined direction, and a second rotating scanning mirror that deflects the light beam in a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction, said first rotating scanning mirror and said second rotating scanning mirror being rotatably mounted with respect to the transparent substrate;
- and
- an image reproducing system that reproduces an image of the object using light reflected by the object and passed through said confocal probe.
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An endoscope device, comprising:
- a light source that emits a light beam for illuminating an object to be observed;
- a scanning type confocal probe which includes at least one scanning mirror and a transparent substrate on which said at least one scanning mirror is mounted, said transparent substrate being inserted in an optical path of said confocal probe such that a light beam passing along the optical path is deflected by said at least one scanning mirror;
- and
- an image reproducing system that reproduces an image of the object using light reflected by the object and passed through said confocal probe,
- wherein said at least one scanning mirror includes:
- a scanning mirror that deflects the light beam in a first predetermined direction and in a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction;
- and
- a fixed mirror,
- said scanning mirror and said fixed mirror being mounted on the transparent substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.