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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Wolfgang Mayer, Ehingen am Ries, DE;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an endoscope apparatus comprising a measuring device mountable on an endoscope head of the endoscope apparatus for determining a characteristic parameter of an endoscope lighting of the endoscope apparatus, wherein the endoscope lighting comprises at least one optical element through which light passes, wherein the measuring device comprises a light detection unit adapted to determine the characteristic parameter, wherein the endoscope head comprises a light exit area through which the endoscope lighting outputs a light amount of a light emitted from a light source, the light emitted from the light source having a luminosity up to a preset maximum luminosity, and the characteristic parameter is based on the light amount incident on the light detection unit; and a processing unit adapted to readjust the preset maximum luminosity based on the determined characteristic parameter.