Color video endoscope system with electronic color filtering
US4742388A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 1984 |
| Grant date | May 3, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/555
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A color video endoscope system including a light source, color wheel and light guide for directing sequential fields of red, green and blue (RGB) light into a cavity, a solid state image sensor for transmitting a signal in response to the intensity of the reflected fields of light, a video processor for converting the signal from the image sensor into a composite RGB video signal compatible with a color monitor, and a plurality of electronic color filters for altering the true color of the image on the monitor.
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