Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus, endoscope apparatus, and temperature-measuring method
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Application No.: US15830237Application Date: 2017-12-04
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Publication No.: US10531078B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Toshiyuki Noguchi , Akihiro Kubota
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; H04N17/00 ; H04N5/361 ; G01K7/01 ; G02B23/24 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device which is configured to perform a photoelectric conversion of collected light; a selection unit which is configured to select output signals from pixels belonging to a predetermined pixel area of the imaging device; a dark current-calculating unit which is configured to calculate a dark current value based on a difference between the output signals in a predetermined set; a temperature-calculating unit which is configured to calculate a temperature of the imaging device from the dark current value; and an inspection unit which is configured to inspect whether or not a temperature measurement state is normal based on temperatures calculated for a plurality of exposure times for the imaging device by the temperature-calculating unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180098061A1 IMAGING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE-MEASURING METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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