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Electronic endoscope apparatus

US4869237A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 1988
Grant dateSep 26, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S600/921
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This electronic endoscope apparatus having an insertable part inserted into an observation object and provided with a solid state imaging device imaging the observed image, an image forming optical system forming the observed image on said solid state imaging device and a displaying apparatus displaying an electric signal transmitted from said solid state imaging device, characterized by having a plurality of 1-field memories which can electrically invert the observed image obtained by the image forming optical system.

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