Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Olympus Corporation

Seiji Kimura

Shinji Fujikawa

Nobuyuki Saruya

Takakazu Ishigami

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Masahiro Kumakura

Yasufumi Shimoe

Atsushi Miyazaki

Yoshihiro Hayashi

According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section. The camera control unit controls the solid-state imaging device, and includes a signal processor for processing an electric signal sent from the solid-state imaging device to generate a video signal. The motor-driven angling control circuit unit controls the movement of the bending section. The drum is rotatably stowed in the stowage case freely.

Endoscope apparatus with drum part to wind insertion part therearound

According to the present invention, an endoscope system having an insertion member thereof wound about a drum comprises an electronic endoscope, a drum, an angling input unit, a motor-driven angling unit, a camera control unit, a motor-driven angling control circuit unit, and a stowage case. A bending section included in an insertion member of the electronic endoscope is motor-driven to bend, and a solid-state imaging device is incorporated at the tip of the insertion member. The insertion member is wound about the periphery of the drum. The angling input unit is separated from the electronic endoscope, and used to enter a direction of bending in which a user wants to bend the bending section. The motor-driven angling unit is incorporated in the drum, and includes a driving source for driving a driving mechanism that drives the bending section.

Industrial endoscope apparatus

An industrial endoscope apparatus including an endoscope which is to be inserted into an inspection portion, a control device for controlling the endoscope, a light source device for supplying an illumination light to a distal end portion of the endoscope, a CRT monitor for displaying an image of an object, a casing in which the control device, the light source device and the CRT monitor are contained within one unit, and a fixing member for detachably fixing the CRT monitor to the casing.

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Seiji Kimura