Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-dimensional endoscope
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Application No.: US15379109Application Date: 2016-12-14
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Publication No.: US10222607B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Zhuo Wang
- Applicant: Canon USA Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Melville
- Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Melville
- Agency: Canon USA Inc., IP Division
- Main IPC: G02B23/24
- IPC: G02B23/24 ; H04N5/225 ; G02B5/18 ; H04N13/254

Abstract:
A three-dimensional (3D) endoscope is provided. The 3D endoscope comprises a probe; a positioning device to locate a tip of the probe at a first position O and a second position O′; a light guide extending through the probe and configured to guide a light propagating through the probe configured to project on a surface a first light beam from the tip at the first position and a second light beam from the tip at the second position; a detector configured to detect the first light beam reflected from the surface and the second light beam reflected from the surface; and an image processor configured to determine a first distance R between the first position and the surface based on a position difference between the first and second positions, a first deflection angle θ of the first light beam deflected from the probe at the first position and a second deflection angle θ′ of the second light beam deflected from the probe; obtain image data carried by the first and second light beams detected by the detector; and obtain a 3D image based, the first distance R, the first deflection angle θ, and the first rotation angle φ associated with each pixel on the image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180164574A1 THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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