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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Seiichiro Kimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Fujimori, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Suzushima, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Shigemori, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ayako Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Minai, Tokyo, JP;
Hatsuo Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Takemitsu Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyoshi Sasagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Orihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Nakatsuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichiro Kimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Fujimori, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Suzushima, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Shigemori, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ayako Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Minai, Tokyo, JP;
Hatsuo Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Takemitsu Honda, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyoshi Sasagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Orihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Nakatsuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a capsule endoscope illuminating units are disposed around an image capturing unit in such a manner that an optical axis of the illuminating units do not intersect with an optical axis of the observation unit, and illumination areas of the illuminating units overlap at substantially a central portion of an image capturing area of the image capturing unit.