ENDOSCOPIC ARRANGEMENT
First Claim
1. A endoscopic arrangement (10, 100) with a plurality of image sensors (11, 110) at the distal end (10a, 100a), each of the image sensors being arranged to generate a proper sensor clock, which can be influenced by control electronics at a proximal end (10b, 100b) of the endoscope arrangement,wherein the control electronics is provided with means for at least one of detecting the sensor clock, a transmitted sensor frame rate, and a sensor image phase of each individual sensor of the plurality of sensors and for comparing its value with the corresponding values of the other sensors and adjusting all or part of the sensors of the plurality of sensors to each other, and regulation of the impage frequency occurs by adjusting the supply voltage.
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Abstract
The endoscopic arrangement (10) is provided with a plurality of image sensors (11), a distal end (10a) and a proximal end (10b). Each of the image sensors is arranged to generate a proper sensor clock, which can be influenced by control electronics at the proximal end of the endoscope arrangement so that such sensor, or a plurality of such sensors, can be operated synchronously with each other or synchronously with a clock set externally. The control electronics is provided with mechanism for detecting the sensor clock and/or the sensor frame rate and/or the sensor image phase and adjusting the detected information to a reference clock.
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1. A endoscopic arrangement (10, 100) with a plurality of image sensors (11, 110) at the distal end (10a, 100a), each of the image sensors being arranged to generate a proper sensor clock, which can be influenced by control electronics at a proximal end (10b, 100b) of the endoscope arrangement,
wherein the control electronics is provided with means for at least one of detecting the sensor clock, a transmitted sensor frame rate, and a sensor image phase of each individual sensor of the plurality of sensors and for comparing its value with the corresponding values of the other sensors and adjusting all or part of the sensors of the plurality of sensors to each other, and regulation of the impage frequency occurs by adjusting the supply voltage.
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