Image capture and video processing systems and methods for multiple viewing element endoscopes
US9706908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 22, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/555
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multiple sensor endoscope system includes daisy chained image sensors and a central control unit. At least one daisy-chained image sensor has a sensor array for capturing images and generating video packets from captured images, a video compression unit that compresses the video packets, a self-packet buffer that stores the video packets, a serial-to-parallel de-serializer input unit that converts serialized input video packets to parallel data, and a chain packet buffer that stores the video packets received from previous-in-chain image sensors.
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