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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Moriyasu Kanai, Saitama, JP;
Moriyasu Kanai, Saitama, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a confocal scanning endoscope system, which is provided with a light source that emits light, a scanning unit that deflects the light emitted by the light source so that the light scans on a subject in two dimensions, an objective optical system that directs the light deflected by the scanning unit to the subject, an extraction unit that extracts only part of the light returning from a convergence point at which the light is converged by the objective optical system on an object side, an image formation unit configured to form an image based on the part of the light extracted by the extraction unit, and a display area adjustment unit configured to measure Encircled Energy of the part of the light extracted by the extraction unit and to adjust a display area of the image based on the measured Encircled Energy.