Optics: measuring and testing – By light interference – Using fiber or waveguide interferometer
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-16
2007-10-16
Mancuso, Joseph (Department: 2624)
Optics: measuring and testing
By light interference
Using fiber or waveguide interferometer
C356S515000, C356S479000, C382S131000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10667773
ABSTRACT:
An optical probe system comprises an optical probe that is inserted into a body cavity, a light source that generates light which is irradiated to an object, and a high-magnification observation unit included in the distal section of the optical probe. The optical probe system further comprises: an image digitization unit that digitizes a luminance signal produced by the high-magnification observation unit; an image parameter sampling unit that samples an image parameter from an image; an optimization parameter calculation unit that calculates an optimization parameter on the basis of the image parameter; an image optimization unit that optimizes an image according to the optimization parameter; an image display device on which an optimized image is displayed; and a digital image preservation unit in which a digitized image is preserved.
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Hara Mitsuhiro
Horii Akihiro
Okawa Atsushi
Xie Tianyu
Allison Andrae
Mancuso Joseph
Olympus Corporation
Scully , Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
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