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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Tadashi Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Nobuhiro Tani, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tadashi Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Nobuhiro Tani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope system comprises an electric scope and a light source apparatus. The light source apparatus has a light source and a light control apparatus. The light control apparatus adjusts a quantity of light that is incident to the electric scope, based on a comparison between a scope characteristic that indicates a relative value of the quantity of light that can be incident to the electric scope and a light source total characteristic that indicates a relative value of the quantity of the light radiated from the light source to the electric scope.