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Electronic endoscope apparatus

US4873572A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 1988
Grant dateOct 10, 1989
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2013/0081
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This electronic endoscope apparatus comprises an elongate insertable part, two image forming optical systems provide in the tip part of the insertable part and an integrated imaging device provided in the tip part of the insertable part and having two imaging regions in which object images are formed by two image forming optical systems. The imaging device has, for example, one solid state imaging device having two imaging regions or has two solid state imaging devices made integral.

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