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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Tetsuo Minai, Hachioji, JP;
Shinsuke Tanaka, Hino, JP;
Akio Uchiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A body-insertable apparatus includes a light-receiving unit that includes light-receiving elements each having a receiving wavelength spectrum; light-emitting units including a near ultraviolet light source and including a yellow light source; a selection unit that can select, from among the light-emitting units, light-emitting units corresponding respectively to the near ultraviolet and the yellow light sources; an image creating unit creating a normal-light image or creating a special-light image; a transmitting unit transmitting the normal-light image or the created special-light image; and a control unit controlling driving of the light-receiving elements in accordance with selection performed by the selection unit.