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Image sensor for capsule endoscope enabling dual mode operation

US9277854B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 2011
Grant dateMar 8, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B1/051
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an image sensor for a capsule endoscope which enables a dual mode operation, and more particularly, to an image sensor for a capsule endoscope wherein two image sensors identically designed and manufactured for photographing the inside of a human body are used and set as a master and a slave, respectively so as to enable a dual mode operation in which two chips are linkage-operated.

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