Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus
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Application No.: US13232699Application Date: 2011-09-14
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Publication No.: US10010268B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Masayoshi Yokota
- Applicant: Masayoshi Yokota
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; A61B5/107 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/045 ; A61B1/06 ; G01B11/25

Abstract:
Provided is an endoscope apparatus for measuring a subject. The endoscope apparatus including: an elongated insertion unit; an image capturing unit being provided on a distal end part of the insertion unit, the image capturing unit configured to obtain an image of the subject; an illumination unit comprising a first light source and configured to illuminate an observation viewing field of the image capturing unit; and a fringe projection unit comprising a second light source configured to emit a light, which differs from a light of the first light source, and a fringe pattern generation unit configured to form the fringe pattern, and configured to project the fringe pattern on the subject.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120062724A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-03-15
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