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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2000
Applicants:
Atsushi Okawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroki Hibino, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Sangu, Akishima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/16 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An identification circuit () recognizes optical probes (A,B) of different scanning types that are connected to a light source unit () and a control device (), the frequency of the drive signal of a control circuit () for driving a scanner inside the optical probe is varied by this recognition signal, corresponding drive signals are applied to the optical probes connected, the scanner of each probe is scanned, and two-dimensional optical information is imaged by an imaging device () and displayed on a monitor ().