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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1995
Masami Fukuchi, Chofu, JP;
Yoshitaka Miyoshi, Hachioji, JP;
Masahide Kanno, Hachioji, JP;
Shin-ichiro Hattori, Akishima, JP;
Kazunari Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Keiichi Hiyama, Akishima, JP;
Jun Hasegawa, Hino, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope image recording apparatus comprises a video endoscope having, at a forward end of an inserting section, an image pickup element, for image-picking-up the interior of a body cavity or the like, an image control unit for signal-processing a picture signal from the video endoscope, to generate an image signal, a portable IC memory card for recording the image signal from the image control unit as image data, a digital audio tape (DAT), a monitor for displaying the image signal from the image control unit or image data recorded on the IC memory card or the DATA, and indication means for indicating control operation to the image control unit. The IC memory card and the DAT tape record a serial number of the image, an INDEX image of the image, patient data, and image data. The IC memory card records an ID number of the DAT tape, while the DAT tape records an ID number of the IC memory card.