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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1994
Kazunari Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Hisao Yabe, Hachioji, JP;
Shigeru Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Sasa, Hachioji, JP;
Katsuyuki Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshihiro Okada, Hachioji, JP;
Seiji Yamaguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electroendoscope apparatus which uses a plurality of types of electroendoscopes having solid-state imaging devices of different specifications and which performs signal processing on the basis of a plurality of signal processing systems, which includes: a video memory device used commonly among the plurality of signal processing systems; a circuit data recording device for recording circuit data corresponding to each of the plurality of signal processing systems; and a signal processing device, composed of programmable logic elements, which forms a dedicated processing circuit corresponding to each of the plurality of signal processing systems on the basis of the circuit data recorded by the circuit data recording device.