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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Yuri Kazakevich, Newton, MA (US);
John E. Kennedy, Lowell, MA (US);
Yuri Kazakevich, Newton, MA (US);
John E. Kennedy, Lowell, MA (US);
Viking Systems, Inc., Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for presenting a stereoscopic image to a viewer, the apparatus including an endoscope; and a stereoscopic video camera optically connected to the endoscope, wherein the stereoscopic video camera includes first and second optical channels for acquiring, respectively, first and second images of a scene from the endoscope; first and second image sensors for acquiring, respectively, the first and second images from the first and second optical channels, the first and second image sensors being positioned along an axis; and parallax adjusting means for adjusting the parallax of a stereoscopic image acquired by the first and second image sensors and presented on a display.