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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1988
Yuji Ikuno, Ohme, JP;
Takeaki Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Yoshikazu Tojo, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichi Nishigaki, Setagaya, JP;
Hiromasa Suzuki, Akishima, JP;
Hisao Yabe, Hachioji, JP;
Jun Yoshinaga, Hino, JP;
Takeshi Yokoi, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiko Ohzeki, Hachioji, JP;
Masahide Kanno, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A video scope system including a video scope in which a solid state image sensor is disposed in a distal end of an insertion to be inserted into an object under inspection and picks up an image of the inside of the object under inspection illuminated by a light fed by a light guide extending in the insertion section, a light source unit having a light source feeding a light into the light guide, and a video processor unit processing a signal supplied from the solid state image sensor to output a picture signal to be displayed on a monitor. The light source unit and the video processor unit are disposed in separate housings, respectively, and these units are connected to each other by a cable to transmit a signal therebetween.