Abstract:
A scanning endoscope system includes: a light-guiding section that guides illuminating light emitted from a light source; an optical scanning section that includes at least one pair of driving sections arranged at positions to face each other across the light-guiding section, and is capable of swinging the light-guiding section so that a position in an object illuminated by the illuminating light forms a trajectory according to a predetermined scanning pattern by driving the driving sections; and a drive signal outputting section configured to output a first drive signal which has a waveform with a predetermined positive voltage value as a center to one driving section in the at least one pair of driving sections which are arranged along a predetermined axial direction in the optical scanning section, and to output a second drive signal which has a waveform with a predetermined negative voltage value as a center to other driving section in the at least one pair of driving sections.
Abstract:
A scanning endoscope system includes an illumination fiber, an actuator section that has one or more pairs of drive sections, each pair being arranged at positions opposite to each other with the illumination fiber intervened in between, and a driver unit that outputs, to one drive section of the pair of drive sections arranged along a predetermined axial direction in the actuator section, a first drive signal having either a first waveform such that a minimum value of a voltage value, which varies periodically with a positive voltage value as a center, is not less than zero, or a second waveform such that a maximum value of a voltage value, which varies periodically with a negative voltage value as a center, is not more than zero, and configured to output, to the other drive section of the pair of drive sections, a second drive signal having the same waveform as the first drive signal and having a phase different from a phase of the first drive signal.
Abstract:
A scanning endoscope system includes: a light guiding section that guides illuminating light from a light source; a light collecting section that collects the illuminating light to make the illuminating light exit toward an object; an optical scanning section that drives one or more pairs of driving sections disposed at symmetrical positions across the light guiding section, thereby swinging the light guiding section such that positions in the object illuminated by illuminating light from the light collecting section form a trajectory according to a predetermined scanning pattern; a drive signal output section that outputs a first drive signal to one driving section of a pair of driving sections disposed along a predetermined axis direction in the optical scanning section, outputs a second drive signal to another driving section, and sets a center voltage value of the first drive signal and the second drive signal to a voltage value different from 0 V.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pulse multiplexing unit in which a pulse train with high coupling efficiency can be obtained and in which pulse intervals of the optical pulse train can be arbitrarily set. SOLUTION: The optical pulse multiplexing unit includes: a half mirror 1 that demultiplexes incident light to generate transmission light and reflection light; and mirror units MU-11 and the like that are arranged oppositely to each other on both sides of the half mirror 1, that deflect the transmission light and the reflection light demultiplexed by the half mirror 1, and that again multiplex at a common place on the half mirror 1. The mirror unit MU-11 and the like are provided with a plurality of mirrors M1-12 for example, and configured to make the optical path length variable by moving in one direction by a transfer mechanism. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pulse multiplexing unit in which an optical pulse train having a high coupling efficiency is emitted and a pulse interval of the optical pulse train is arbitrarily set, an optical pulse generator using the optical pulse multiplexing unit, and an optical pulse multiplexing method. SOLUTION: The optical pulse multiplexing unit has a half mirror 2 and N pieces of delay elements 311, 312 through 31N having refractive index n. Respective N pieces of delay elements are arranged on one side of the half mirror 2 from one end to the other end and have different thicknesses of Δ, 2Δ through 2 N-1 Δ, respectively, where Δ stands for the minimum thickness. Further the optical pulse multiplexing unit has mirrors 11 and 12 which are arranged in parallel to each other, the half mirror 2 is arranged in parallel to and in the vicinity of an intermediate position of the mirrors 11 and 12, and N pieces of delay elements are arranged between the mirror 11 and the half mirror 2. Each of the N pieces of delay elements is a parallel flat plate, and the delay elements are arranged so that the normal direction of the face of the parallel flat plate is at an angle different from the direction from one end of the half mirror 2 to the other end. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT