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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Inventor:
George E. Duckett, III, Castaic, CA (US);
Assignee:
KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G02B 23/04 (2006.01); G02B 23/10 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G06T 3/4038 (2024.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00179 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/051 (2013.01); G02B 23/04 (2013.01); G02B 23/10 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01);
Abstract
An endoscope or other endoscopic instrument is provided with multiple image sensors incorporated into the distal tip, each capturing a portion of the image provided from an optical imaging system. The output from the multiple sensors is combined and manipulated into a single image of a resolution higher than is possible with only one of the sensors. The resulting image, or a portion thereof, can then be displayed to the user. A digital panning feature is also provided where the region of interest displayed from the combined field of view including data from the multiple image sensors is changed.