The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Atsuyoshi Shimamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/34 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/34 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00172 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01); G02B 26/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical scanning apparatus includes an optical fiber that emits illumination light from a distal end thereof toward a subject, an actuator that oscillates the distal end of the optical fiber, and a controller that controls the actuator so as to two-dimensionally scan the illumination light on the subject and so as to satisfy Conditional Expression of P1≤0.5×D, where D is a spot diameter of the illumination light on the subject, and P1 is a scanning-line pitch of the illumination light on the subject.