Endoscope and display device

• US 20070225561A1
• Filed: 03/20/2007
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Katsushi, Shoroji, Ayanori
• Application Number:
  US11/726,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20070225561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/118
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00032 internally powered
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00036 Means for power saving, e.g. sleeping mode
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00052 positioned at proximal end of the endoscope body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0051 with controlled bending of insertion part
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/042 characterised by a proximal camera, e.g. a CCD camera
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0684 using light emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving

Abstract

An endoscope includes a power supply section, a light source device that irradiates illumination light, an image pickup section that picks up a subject image and converts the subject image to an image signal, a recording section that records the image signal, an image display section that receives the input of an image signal from the image pickup section or a signal read out from the recording section and displays an image based on the input signal, a detecting section that detects the input of a signal from the recording section to the image display section, and a control section that controls the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section from the power supply section based on the detection result by the detecting section.

Claims

1. An endoscope comprising:

power supply section;

a light source device that irradiates illumination light by receiving the supply of power from the power supply section;

image pickup section for picking up a subject image and converting the subject image to an image signal by receiving the supply of power from the power supply section;

recording section for recording the image signal by receiving the supply of power from the power supply section;

image display section for receiving the input of an image signal from the image pickup section or a signal read out from the recording section and displaying an image based on the input signal by receiving the supply of power from the power supply section;

detecting section for detecting the input of a signal from the recording section to the image display section; and

control section for controlling the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section from the power supply section based on the detection result by the detecting section.

2. The endoscope according to claim 1, wherein the control section control the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section in accordance with a change in the detection signal input from the detecting section.

3. The endoscope according to claim 1, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when a signal is input from the detecting section.

4. The endoscope according to claim 2, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when a signal is input from the detecting section.

5. The endoscope according to claim 1, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when no signal is input from the detecting section.

6. The endoscope according to claim 2, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when no signal is input from the detecting section.

7. A display device integrally provided to an endoscope, the display device comprising:

power supply section for supplying power to a light source device and image pickup section of the endoscope;

recording section for recording an image signal by receiving the supply of power from the power supply section;

image display section for receiving the input of an image signal from the image pickup section or a signal read out from the recording section and displaying an image based on the input signal by receiving the supply of the power from the power supply section;

detecting section for detecting the input of a signal from the recording section to the image display section; and

control section for controlling the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section from the power supply section based on the detection result of the detecting section.

8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein the control section controls the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section in accordance with a change in the detection signal input from the detecting section.

9. The display device according to claim 7, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when a signal is input from the detecting section.

10. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when a signal is input from the detecting section.

11. The display device according to claim 7, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when no signal is input from the detecting section.

12. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the control section shuts down the power supply to at least one of the light source device and the image pickup section when no signal is input from the detecting section.