Surgery – Endoscope – With camera or solid state imager
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-02
2006-05-02
Leubecker, John P. (Department: 3739)
Surgery
Endoscope
With camera or solid state imager
C600S117000, C600S173000, C348S074000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07037258
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and technique for compensating the display of an image obtained from a video camera system associated with an endoscope as it is moved through various orientations are described. The received optical image is converted to an electrical signal with an image sensor that can be a CCD or a CMOS detector. The endoscope video camera system has an inertial sensor to sense rotations of the received image about the optical axis of the endoscope and the sensor's output signals are used to rotate either the image or the image sensor. In case of rotation of the image sensor the rotation sensor can be a gyroscope or a pair of accelerometers. In case of a rotation of the image obtained with the image sensor the inertial sensor, which can be an accelerometer or a gyroscope, the image is rotated within a microprocessor for subsequent viewing on a video display.
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Amling Marc R.
Chatenever David
Mattsson-Boze Daniel
Karl Storz Imaging Inc.
Leubecker John P.
St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC
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