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Endoscope system provided with low-pass filter for moire removal

  • US 6,025,873 A
  • Filed: 08/26/1997
  • Issued: 02/15/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An endoscope system comprising:

  • a first endoscope body of relay lens type having first illumination-light output means for outputting an illumination light from a distal end of an elongated first insertion part, a first object optical system provided on the distal end of said first insertion part, for focusing an image of an object which is illuminated by said illumination light, and a first image transmission optical system arranged within said first insertion part, and formed by the use of a lens which transmits said image to the rearward side of said first insertion part in a relay manner;

    a second endoscope body of a fiberscope type having second illumination-light output means for outputting a second illumination light from a distal end of an elongated second insertion part, a second object optical system provided on the distal end of said second insertion part for focusing the image of the object which is illuminated by said second illumination light, a second image transmission optical system arranged within said second insertion part and formed by image guide fibers for image transmission and which transmits said image to the rearward side of said second insertion part, an ocular optical system for observing the image of the object transmitted by said second image transmission optical system, and low-pass filter means provided on a rearward end of said second image transmission optical system for optically removing moire which is generated by using said image guide fibers for image transmission;

    image pickup means detachably mounted on a rearward end of one of said first and second endoscope bodies so as to be rotatable with respect to one of said first and second endoscope bodies, said image pick-up means having an imaging optical system for imaging an image which is transmitted by one of said first and second image transmission optical systems, and an image pickup element for conducting photoelectric conversion;

    signal processing means for conducting signal processing with respect to said image pickup element; and

    image display means to which an image signal generated by said signal processing means is inputted to thereby display an image which is photoelectrically converted by said image pickup element,wherein said low-pass filter means is contained only within said second endoscope body and not contained within said first endoscope body,wherein said low-pass filter means include a multiple slant face prism arranged adjacent a diaphragm stop forming a pupil of said ocular optical system, andwherein said low-pass filter means removes moire regardless of the rotated position of said image pickup means when said image pick-up means is mounted to said second endoscope body with respect to said second endoscope body.

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