Control apparatus for endoscopes
US4865018A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N17/002
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a control device for endoscopes in which a fiber scope having an image guide and an electronic scope having a solid state imaging device can be selectively connected thereto, there are provided a control device for controlling many kinds of functions of these endoscopes, a selecting device for indicating the kind of selected endoscope, selectively making the control device in accordance with the functions of the endoscope indicated by the indicating device operative, and making the rest of the control devices inoperative, an adjusting device for adjusting the operational conditions of the various kinds of functions, and an indicating device for indicating the operational conditions of the various kinds of functions which are adjusted by the adjusting devices, and the control device for endoscope is arranged that only the adjusting devices for adjusting the operational conditions of the functions corresponding to the functions selected by the selecting device are made operative and the operational conditions of the selected functions are indicated in a mutually distinguishable manner from the operational conditions of the non-selected functions on the indicating device.
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