Image orientation for endoscopic video displays
US6097423A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B1/042
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An endoscope and camera are described with which a display observed through the optics in the endoscope is rotated to a desired orientation using an accelerometer. The accelerometer generates a signal indicative of the local vertical and is used in the particular embodiment to rotate a CCD image sensor aligned with the optical axis of the endoscope so as to maintain a desired orientation of a display of the image on a monitor.
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