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Electronic endoscope apparatus capable of driving solid state imaging devices having different characteristics

US4926258A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 1988
Grant dateMay 15, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/555
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus has a simple configuration using a drive circuit for outputting horizontal transfer clocks with a given frequency regardless of the number of picture elements of a solid state imaging device which constitutes an imaging means of an endoscope and the reading structure thereof so that it can be used for an endoscope having a different number of picture elements.

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