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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2022
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Motoki Tabata, Akishima, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope light source device includes: a box that is connectable to a light guide of an endoscope; a first light source configured to emit light of a first wavelength band; a second light source configured to emit light of a second wavelength band; a multiplexer configured to multiplex the light emitted by the first light source and the light emitted by the second light source; a diffuser configured to diffuse part of the light multiplexed by the multiplexer to an outside of an optical path for input to the light guide; a light quantity sensor configured to detect quantity of at least part of the light diffused by the diffuser; and an illumination controller configured to control quantity of light to be emitted from at least one of the first light source and the second light source.