Integrated video diagnostic center
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1. An integrated video inspection apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing including means for supporting at least one hand-held optical diagnostic instrument, said at least one hand-held optical instrument having a contained light source for illuminating a target area and a battery pack for providing energy to the light source;
at least one video imaging adapter detachably engageable with said at least one diagnostic instrument, said at least one video imaging adapter including a miniature video camera and means for coupling said adapter to said instrument for allowing said at least one optical instrument to be converted into a videoized diagnostic instrument;
video processing circuitry associated with said at least one video imaging adapter disposed within said housing;
means for connecting said at least one video imaging adapter to said video processing circuitry, said video processing circuitry including means for calibrating the contained miniature video camera; and
means disposed in said housing for storing calibration data obtained by said calibration means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for medical inspection comprising a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument having a battery pack for providing energy to a light source for illuminating the target area, a housing, a charger for charger the battery pack that is integral with the housing and adapted to provide electric energy to the battery pack to charge the battery pack, a video adapter detachably coupled to the medical diagnostic instrument, video processing circuitry contained within the housing and an umbilicus for connecting the video adapter to the video processing circuitry.
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1. An integrated video inspection apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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a housing including means for supporting at least one hand-held optical diagnostic instrument, said at least one hand-held optical instrument having a contained light source for illuminating a target area and a battery pack for providing energy to the light source; at least one video imaging adapter detachably engageable with said at least one diagnostic instrument, said at least one video imaging adapter including a miniature video camera and means for coupling said adapter to said instrument for allowing said at least one optical instrument to be converted into a videoized diagnostic instrument; video processing circuitry associated with said at least one video imaging adapter disposed within said housing; means for connecting said at least one video imaging adapter to said video processing circuitry, said video processing circuitry including means for calibrating the contained miniature video camera; and means disposed in said housing for storing calibration data obtained by said calibration means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An integrated video inspection apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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at least two hand-held optical diagnostic instruments, each of said instruments having a light source for illuminating a target area; a housing; at least two video imaging adapters, each said adapter being detachably engageable with said at least two optical diagnostic instruments and including a miniature video camera and means for coupling to at least one of said optical diagnostic instruments; video processing circuitry associated with said housing; means for connecting said video imaging adapters to said video processing circuitry; and switching means for selectively relaying from any one of said at least two video imaging adapters to said video processing circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of selectively and interchangeably using at least two videoized diagnostic instruments, each of said instruments being supported by a housing having video processing circuitry contained therein, said method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a first videoized instrument; calibrating said first instrument for white balance; storing calibration data relating to white balance associated with said first instrument in storing means associated with said housing; selecting a second videoized instrument; calibrating said second instrument for white balancing said selected instrument; storing calibration data associated with said second instrument in said storage means; and selecting one of said instruments at a later time using switching means provided on said housing, wherein said selecting step automatically utilizes the stored calibration data associated with the selected instrument without need for recalibrating said instrument.
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