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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2020
Altek Biotechnology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsi-Hsin Loo, Taipei, TW;
ALTEK BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An endoscopy system including a flexible insertion tube, a motion sensing module and a processor is provided. The flexible insertion tube has a central axis. The motion sensing module includes a housing, patterns and sensors. The patterns are disposed at a surface of the flexible insertion tube according to an axial orientation distribution and an angle distribution based on the central axis. The sensors are disposed in the housing and located beside a guiding hole of the housing. The processor is disposed in the housing. During relative motion of the flexible insertion tube with respect to the motion sensing module via the guiding hole, the sensors are configured to sense a motion state of the patterns so as to obtain a motion-state sensing result. The processor determines insertion depth information and insertion tube rotating angle information according to the motion-state sensing result, the axial orientation distribution and the angle distribution.