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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Applicant:
Mitsuhiro Tsukimura, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuhiro Tsukimura, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An encapsulated endoscope in which exposure amount is controlled at the light source side, and a MOS image sensor is not required to mount a vertical scanning circuit for electronic shutter which is to provide an exposure amount control function. Therefore, since a vertical scanning circuit for electronic shutter is not mounted, the sensor area can be made smaller so that size of the interior of the encapsulated endoscope can be reduced.