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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Endochoice, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EndoChoice, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00177 (2013.01); A61B 1/00181 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
The specification describes a white balance enclosure for use with a tip of a multi-viewing elements endoscope. The white balance enclosure is used to provide a reference white background to the plurality of viewing elements when the tip is positioned within the white balance enclosure and a white balance circuit is used to calculate and store reference white balance values based on white field/test feed signals generated by the plurality of viewing elements exposed to the reference white background.