ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS
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1. An endoscope apparatus, comprising:
- an electronic endoscope having a shape information generating section for generating insertion shape information inside an insertion portion, and an image pickup section that picks up images inside a body cavity; and
a signal processing device integrally formed of an endoscope signal processing section that drives the electronic endoscope and processes image pickup signals from the electronic endoscope, and an endoscope insertion shape calculating section that calculates an insertion shape of the electronic endoscope based on the insertion shape information from the shape information generating section.
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Abstract
To facilitate a connection operation between a signal processing device and an endoscope apparatus in which a processing system that performs signal processing of image pickup signals of an electronic endoscope and a processing system that calculates an insertion shape of the endoscope are integrated, a scope connector 41 of the endoscope has a connector for inputting signals from UPD coils 58, and can be connected to an endoscope system controlling device 5 via an adaptor 42 together with other video signals and the like.
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1. An endoscope apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic endoscope having a shape information generating section for generating insertion shape information inside an insertion portion, and an image pickup section that picks up images inside a body cavity; and a signal processing device integrally formed of an endoscope signal processing section that drives the electronic endoscope and processes image pickup signals from the electronic endoscope, and an endoscope insertion shape calculating section that calculates an insertion shape of the electronic endoscope based on the insertion shape information from the shape information generating section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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13. An endoscope apparatus, comprising:
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an electronic endoscope having a shape information generating section for generating insertion shape information inside an insertion portion, and an image pickup section that picks up images inside a body cavity; and a signal processing device integrally formed of an endoscope signal processing section that drives the electronic endoscope and processes image pickup signals from the electronic endoscope, and an endoscope insertion shape calculating section that calculates an insertion shape of the electronic endoscope based on the insertion shape information from the shape information generating section; an adaptor including an electrical connection portion that detachably connects an electrical connector of the electronic endoscope that connects the shape information generating section and the image pickup section; and an adaptor attaching portion provided in the signal processing device and which is used for attaching the adaptor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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