Endoscope system having two endoscopes with different viewing angles
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorHiroki Moriyama
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Abstract
An endoscope system includes a first endoscope that includes a first observation optical system with a first viewing angle; and a second endoscope that includes a second observation optical system with a second viewing angle wider than the first viewing angle. A second distance from a second distal end face of an insertion portion of the second endoscope to a minimum focal point of the second observation optical system is shorter than a first distance from a first distal end face of a distal end portion of the first endoscope to a minimum focal point of the first observation optical system.
Claims1
An endoscope system, comprising:
- a first endoscope that includes a first observation optical system with a first viewing angle;
- a second endoscope that includes a second observation optical system with a second viewing angle wider than the first viewing angle, a second distance from a second distal end face of an insertion portion of the second endoscope to a minimum focal point of the second observation optical system being shorter than a first distance from a first distal end face of a distal end portion of the first endoscope to a minimum focal point of the first observation optical system;
- a processor configured to process image signals from the first endoscope and the second endoscope, the first endoscope and the second endoscope being connectable to the processor through a connector portion;
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- a display device configured to display an observation image based on the image signals processed by the processor, wherein
- the first endoscope includes the first observation optical system with the first viewing angle and a fixed focal point, and
- the second endoscope includes the second observation optical system with the second viewing angle wider than the first viewing angle and a fixed focal point.
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