JP2013208459A5

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Publication number: JP2013208459A5
Application number: JP2013111118A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2013-05-27
Publication date: 2013-12-05

Claims

An endoscope system,
An insertion tube having a longitudinal axis and a longitudinal channel;
A first imaging device disposed at a distal end of the insertion tube;
An imaging device mounted on at least one side, wherein the imaging device is disposed along a side of the insertion tube perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
With
The imaging device mounted on the first imaging device and the at least one side each includes an imaging unit and a light source, and the imaging device mounted on the first imaging device and the at least one side. Is an endoscope system configured to simultaneously acquire and output images.

The endoscope system according to claim 1, wherein the system includes two imaging devices mounted on a side.

The endoscope system according to claim 2, wherein the two imaging devices mounted on the side are arranged obliquely to each other.

2. The endoscope system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the two imaging devices mounted on the side simultaneously acquires an image having a field of view different from that of the first imaging device.

The endoscope system according to claim 4, wherein the different fields of view overlap each other.

The said system is provided with the imaging device mounted in two or more sides, and the imaging device mounted in two or more sides acquires the image of a mutually different visual field simultaneously. Endoscope system.

The endoscope system according to claim 6, wherein the different visual fields overlap each other.

The endoscope system according to claim 7, wherein the endoscope system is configured to output the image acquired by each of the imaging devices to one or more displays.

The endoscope system according to claim 8, wherein each of the imaging devices is configured to be connected to an individual display so that each display displays an image acquired by the corresponding imaging device. .

The endoscope system according to claim 9, further comprising one or more displays, wherein the number of the displays corresponds to the number of the imaging devices.

The endoscope system according to claim 10, wherein the one or more displays are arranged in a predetermined order to simulate a continuous field of view.

The number of the displays corresponds to the number of imaging devices mounted on the side, and the displays are arranged in a predetermined order so as to simulate a continuous field of view. Endoscopic system.

The endoscope system according to claim 8, wherein the images acquired from each of the imaging devices are output to a single display.

The endoscope system according to claim 13, wherein the images acquired from each of the imaging devices are arranged to simulate a continuous field of view.

The endoscope system according to claim 14, wherein the images acquired from each of the two or more laterally mounted imaging devices are arranged to simulate a continuous field of view.

8. The endoscopy of claim 7, further comprising a control device in communication with each of the imaging devices, wherein the control device is configured to combine the images from each of the imaging devices into a single image. Mirror system.

The endoscope system according to claim 16, wherein the control device compares image data from adjacent imaging devices, recognizes an overlapping region, and eliminates the overlapping region to generate a single image.

The endoscope system according to claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to combine image data from each of the imaging devices to generate a single 360 ° field of view.

The endoscope system according to claim 16, wherein the control device is configured to combine images from each of the two or more side-mounted imaging devices into one image.

The endoscope system according to claim 1, wherein the imaging device mounted on the at least one side is mounted at 90 ° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the insertion tube.

An endoscope system,
An insertion tube having a longitudinal axis and a longitudinal channel;
An imaging device;
The imaging device comprises:
A cylindrical portion extending from the distal end of the insertion tube;
A first imaging unit and a first light source, the first imaging unit and the first light source disposed on a first side surface of the cylindrical portion;
A second imaging unit and a second light source, wherein the second imaging unit and the second light source are disposed on a second side surface of the cylindrical portion different from the first side surface;
With
The system in which the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit simultaneously acquire and output an image.

The system of claim 21, wherein the second imaging unit and the second light source are disposed at 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the insertion tube.

The second imaging unit and the second light source are disposed on a lateral side surface of the cylindrical portion, and the imaging device further includes a side window on the cylindrical portion above the second imaging unit. The system according to 21.