ENDOSCOPIC VISION SYSTEM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel endoscope or an optical large view endoscopic system with improved depth perception. In particular, a multiple viewpoint endoscope system comprising a multiple viewpoint camera setup and/or an intelligent or cognitive image control system and display device particularly adapted for localising internal structures within a cavity or an enclosing structure, such as an animal body, for instance the abdomen of an animal or human, or for localising a real or synthetic image of such internal structures within an overview image or on an overview 3D model.
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52. An endoscopic or borescopic vision system for inspecting the inside of a cavity or guiding operation on enclosed structures in said cavity, comprising an imaging system for receiving selected images of a target object and to create output signals of the object image;
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the imaging system comprising a camera system designed to create output signals of different object images of portions of the target structure or the direct environment thereof, the camera system comprising a first ocular system (lens or camera) and at least a second ocular system (lens or camera), at deployment or in operational working state the ocular distances between the ocular systems or the relative orientation of the ocular systems being controllable to change the different viewpoints relatively to each other; wherein the baseline between the ocular systems is selectable at deployment or in operational working state in the range 20 to 250 mm, the distance between the ocular systems is changeable and wherein the system is adapted for combining the output signals into integrated video data. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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