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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yasunaga, Hino, JP;
Mitsutaka Kokubo, Hino, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope includes: an image pickup portion including an image pickup device; an optical axis bending optical system; an operation input portion which pivots; an operation conversion portion that resolves an input of the operation input portion and generate a plurality of outputs; and an operation transmission portion that transmits the outputs of the operation conversion portion to a plurality of movable portions. The optical axis bending optical system includes a first prism rotatably supported around a second optical axis, and a second prism rotatably supported around a third optical axis. The operation transmission portion includes: an image pickup portion interlocking portion rotatably supporting the image pickup portion; and a prism rotation transmission portion including a first transmission member that rotates the first prism around the second optical axis, and a second transmission member that rotates the second prism around the third optical axis integrally with the first prism.