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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2003
Tomohisa Sakurai, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Akishima, JP;
Masaru Sudo, Hachioji, JP;
Takeaki Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Keiji Shioda, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Ozaki, Hachioji, JP;
Makoto Miyawaki, Tanashi, JP;
Tomohisa Sakurai, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Akishima, JP;
Masaru Sudo, Hachioji, JP;
Takeaki Nakamura, Hino, JP;
Keiji Shioda, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Ozaki, Hachioji, JP;
Makoto Miyawaki, Tanashi, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of handpieces used to perform an operation is connected to a main operation apparatus, which generates a driving signal, through connectors formed on the main apparatus. When an operator holds a handpiece he/she wants to use, an output line over which the driving signal is transmitted is routed to the held handpiece owing to an output of a sensor that detects a change in capacitance stemming from the hold. The operator therefore need not manually set a mode in which the driving signal is applied to the handpiece he/she wants to use. Moreover, a port number assigned to a port to which the output line is routed is indicated on a display device. The operator can readily identify the usable handpiece.