Electronic endoscope apparatus which stores image data on recording medium
AssigneeFujinon Corporation
InventorsMitsuru Higuchi, Minoru Iketani
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Abstract
An electronic endoscope apparatus which records image data of an object under observation on a recording medium has an image storage memory capable of storing current image data for at least one examination in response to an image capture command and transfers the image data from the image storage memory to the recording medium and erases the image data stored in the image storage memory at the time of the first image capture during the next examination after an electronic scope is turned on. The image data stored in the image storage memory may also be erased at the time of the first image capture after new patient data is inputted or after the number of recorded images is reset.
Claims4
An electronic endoscope apparatus, comprising:
- a solid state image pickup device mounted on an electronic scope;
- an image storage memory which temporarily stores current examination image data obtained by the solid state image pickup device in response to an image capture command;
- a media drive which records the examination image data stored in the image storage memory on a recording medium;
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- a control circuit which transfers the image data from the image storage memory to the recording medium and erases the image data stored in the image storage memory at the time of the first image capture during the next examination;
- wherein the control circuit erases the image data stored in the image storage memory at the time of the first image capture after the electronic scope is turned on.
An electronic endoscope apparatus, comprising:
- a solid state image pickup device mounted on an electronic scope;
- an image storage memory which temporarily stores current examination image data obtained by the solid state image pickup device in response to an image capture command;
- a media drive which records the examination image data stored in the image storage memory on a recording medium;
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- a control circuit which transfers the image data from the image storage memory to the recording medium and erases the image data stored in the image storage memory at the time of the first image capture during the next examination;
- wherein the control circuit erases the image data stored in the image storage memory at the time of the first image capture after new patient data is inputted.
An electronic endoscope apparatus, comprising:
- a solid state image pickup device mounted on an electronic scope;
- an image storage memory which temporarily stores current examination image data obtained by the solid state image pickup device in response to an image capture command;
- a media drive which records the examination image data stored in the image storage memory on a recording medium;
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- a control circuit which transfers the image data from the image storage memory to the recording medium and erases the image data stored in the image storage memory at the time of the first image capture during the next examination;
- wherein the control circuit erases the image data stored in the image storage memory at the time of the first image capture after the number of recorded images is reset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.