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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Stepan Tuliakov, Suwon-si, KR;
Tae-hee Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seung-ki Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Hee-chul Han, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1076 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 1/0607 (2013.01); A61B 1/0684 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopic apparatus is disclosed. The endoscopic apparatus includes a light source which has a plurality of light source components which output light beams which cross one another; an estimator which estimates a geometry of an internal surface of a body; and a controller which controls so that an intensity of a light beam output by any one of the plurality of light source components is variably adjusted based on the estimated geometry of the internal surface of the body.