Endoscope system
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1. An endoscope system comprising:
- an endoscope including an image pickup element which picks up an image inside a body;
a processing device which processes a signal obtained through the image pickup element and generating an image signal; and
a data transmitting and receiving device configured to transmit and receive data including the image signal to and from a network environment set outside the body.
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Abstract
An endoscope system has an electronic endoscope, a signal processing section and a data transmitting and receiving section. The electronic endoscope has an image pickup element at a distal end portion of an insert section thereof to be inserted in a body. The other end portion of the endoscope is located outside the body. The signal processing section processes an image signal obtained by the image pickup element. The data transmitting and receiving section transmits and receives data to and from a network environment by radio.
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44 Claims
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1. An endoscope system comprising:
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an endoscope including an image pickup element which picks up an image inside a body;
a processing device which processes a signal obtained through the image pickup element and generating an image signal; and
a data transmitting and receiving device configured to transmit and receive data including the image signal to and from a network environment set outside the body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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18. An endoscope system comprising:
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an electronic endoscope including an insert section having a distal end portion to be inserted in a body, an image pickup element arranged at the distal end portion, and a holding section which is connected to the insert section, arranged outside the body and held by an inspector; and
a control unit arranged in the holding section, the control unit comprising;
a light source device which is introduced into the body along with the endoscope and emits illuminating light for illuminating an inside of the body;
a processing device which processes an image signal obtained by the image pickup element and generates image data; and
a data transmitting device configured to transmitting by radio the image data generated by the processing device.
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31. An endoscope system comprising:
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an electronic endoscope including an insert section having a distal end portion to be inserted in a body and an image pickup element arranged at the distal end portion; and
a processor unit mountable on a side portion of a subject'"'"'s bed, the processor unit comprising;
a processing device which processes a signal obtained by the image pickup element and generates image data; and
a data transmitting and receiving device for transmitting and receiving by radio the image data generated by the processing device to and from a network environment. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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