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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 5272497 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1993

Filed:

Jul. 10, 1992

Light source apparatus for endoscope

Applicant:
Inventors:

Katsuhiko Furuya, Tokyo, JP;

Tadashi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Sandler Greenblum & Bernstein

Primary Examiner:

Michael L Gellner

Assistant Examiner:

Howard B Blankenship

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354 62 ;
Abstract

A light source apparatus for an endoscope, which has a light source for supplying light for illuminating an object to the endoscope that is equipped with a photographing device. The light source apparatus comprises an exposure control device for controlling the quantity of exposure light applied to a photographic plane in the photographing device, a condition input device for inputting various conditions for setting an exposure index which is used to determine the exposure light quantity, and an exposure index setting device for calculating the exposure index from various conditions which are inputted through the condition input device and outputting it to the exposure control device. A light source apparatus for an endoscope, which has a light source for supplying light for illuminating an object to the endoscope that is equipped with a photographing device. The light source apparatus comprises an exposure control device for controlling the quantity of exposure light applied to a photographic plane in the photographing device, an exposure index setting device for calculating an exposure index which is required to determine the exposure light quantity, and a device for storing data used to set the exposure index, which is interchangeably provided with respect to the exposure index setting device.

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Furuya, Katsuhiko. (1993). Light source apparatus for endoscope (U.S. Patent No. 5272497). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5272497

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