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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2007
Lex Bayer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Stewart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lex Bayer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Stewart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Avantis Medical Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for displaying images includes adjusting at least one characteristic of an image from a first imaging device of an endoscope to match at least one corresponding characteristic of an image from a second imaging device of the endoscope. The at least one characteristic may be one or more of color, contrast and brightness. An endoscopic system includes an endoscope including a first imaging device and a second imaging device, and a display device that displays an image from the first imaging device of the endoscope and an image from the second imaging device of the endoscope, wherein the images are sized so that an object, when placed at the same distance from the imaging devices, appears to have about the same size in the images.