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Automatic light adjustment means for an endoscope
Assignee: Richard Wolf GmbH
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Filing: 1990-07-11
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Granted: 1992-02-25
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Expires: 2010-07-11
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for adjusting the quantity of light emitted by a light source for illuminating an object under examination by means of an endoscope fitted with a video camera, comprises a signal processing circuit including a window generating device and a window superimposition device for visually displaying and optically defining a window and which generates a measuring window in the video picture displayed by a monitor connected to the video camera and superimposes the measuring window on the video picture in the form of a frame. A video signal for adjusting the quantity of light emitted by the light source is integrated only within the measuring window.
Inventors
- 👤 Felix Ams
- 👤 Roland Schafer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 16:49
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B1/00; A61B1/04; A61B1/042; A61B1/06; A61B1/0655; A61B1/0661; H; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/50; H04N23/555; H04N23/70; H04N23/74
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
Apparatus for adjusting a light source for illuminating an object under examination by means of an endoscope, the apparatus comprising: a light source having means for adjusting the quantity of light emitted thereby; a light guide connected to said light source for transmitting light therefrom to illuminate said object; a video camera for producing a video picture of said object; an image guide connected to said camera for transmitting an image of said object thereto; a monitor for displaying said video picture; and signal processing means connected to said camera for processing the video signal emitted thereby, and also to said monitor, and comprising a window generating device and a window superimposition device for visually displaying and optically defining a window and for generating a measuring window in the video picture displayed by said monitor, and an integrator device connected to said adjusting means and to said window generating device, for integrating a video signal therefrom to adjust the quantity of light emitted by said light source, only within the area of said measuring window.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
Apparatus for adjusting a light source for illuminating an object under examination by means of an endoscope, the apparatus comprising: a light source having means for adjusting the quantity of light emitted thereby; a light guide connected to said light source for transmitting light therefrom to illuminate said object; a video camera for producing a video picture of said object; an image guide connected to said camera for transmitting an image of said object thereto; a monitor for displaying said video picture; and signal processing means connected to said camera for processing the video signal emitted thereby, and also to said monitor, and comprising a window generating device and a window superimposition device for visually displaying and optically defining a window and for generating a measuring window in the video picture displayed by said monitor, and an integrator device connected to said adjusting means and to said window generating device, for integrating a video signal therefrom to adjust the quantity of light emitted by said light source, only within the area of said measuring window.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, comprising manually operable control means for positioning said measuring window within said video picture and for varying the size of said measuring window.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said window superimposition device is adapted to allow said measuring window to be superimposed upon said video picture in the form of a frame.
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