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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoharu Ogihara, Higashimurayama, JP;
Fumiyuki Okawa, Tama, JP;
Keisuke Tsutsui, Kawaguchi, JP;
Keisuke Ogawa, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00027 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes image sensors, a power supply unit, a failure detection unit, and a controller. The power supply unit supplies power independently to the image sensors. The failure detection unit detects a failure in each of the image sensors. The controller controls the power supply unit to stop power supply to an image sensor in which a failure is detected at the failure detection unit.