Endoscope system for simultaneously displaying two endoscopic images on a shared monitor
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1. An endoscope system, comprising:
- a first endoscope including an elongated insertion tube and a first imaging means for producing a first endoscopic image;
a second endoscope including an elongated insertion tube and a second imaging means for producing a second endoscopic image;
a video processor including a function for processing a first image signal originating from said first imaging means which is input from an input terminal and a function for mixing a second image signal originating from said second imaging means which is input from an external input terminal with at least a first video signal originating from said first imaging means to thereby generate a composite video signal; and
a monitor which is provided with said composite video signal sent from said video processor and capable of simultaneously displaying said first endoscopic image and said second endoscopic image corresponding to said composite video signal.
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Abstract
An endoscope system comprises first and second endoscopes each of which includes an elongated insertion tube and an imaging device, a light source for supplying illumination light to the endoscopes, a function for processing a signal originating from one of the imaging devices, and a video processor which mixes the signal with at least a signal sent from an external input terminal and outputs a given video signal corresponding to the first and second endoscopic images. The video signal provided by the video processor is output to a shared monitor, thus displaying two endoscopic images simultaneously.
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1. An endoscope system, comprising:
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a first endoscope including an elongated insertion tube and a first imaging means for producing a first endoscopic image; a second endoscope including an elongated insertion tube and a second imaging means for producing a second endoscopic image; a video processor including a function for processing a first image signal originating from said first imaging means which is input from an input terminal and a function for mixing a second image signal originating from said second imaging means which is input from an external input terminal with at least a first video signal originating from said first imaging means to thereby generate a composite video signal; and a monitor which is provided with said composite video signal sent from said video processor and capable of simultaneously displaying said first endoscopic image and said second endoscopic image corresponding to said composite video signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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