EP0079524A1
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Endoscope apparatus
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1982-11-03
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-11-03
Abstract
Abstract An endoscope apparatus is composed of an endoscope unit, a light source unit and a camera unit. The light source unit has a control station transmission circuit which becomes a control station. When the camera unit is mounted in the endoscope unit and the self address codes transmitted from the controlled station transmission circuit of the camera unit by n times are received by the control station transmission circuit of the light source unit by m times, the control station transmission circuit identifies the connection of the camera unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Tokuyuki Takamatsu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 03:58
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B1/00; A61B1/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
An endoscope apparatus comprising: an endoscope unit (1) used for observation in a body cavity; a light source unit (5) connected to said endoscope unit for generating a light illuminating the body cavity through the light guide of said endoscope unit (1); a camera unit (3) connected to the eyepiece section of said endoscope unit (1) for photographing in the body cavity; one of said units (1, 3, 5) having first transmission means (11) which becomes a control station, and the other of said units each having second transmission means (7, 9) which becomes a controlled station, said first transmission means (11) having means for identifying that the other unit is mounted on the unit having said first transmission means when said first transmission means receives self address codes transmitted in a first predetermined number of times from at least one of said second transmission means of the other units, in a second predetermined number of times.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
An endoscope apparatus comprising: an endoscope unit (1) used for observation in a body cavity; a light source unit (5) connected to said endoscope unit for generating a light illuminating the body cavity through the light guide of said endoscope unit (1); a camera unit (3) connected to the eyepiece section of said endoscope unit (1) for photographing in the body cavity; one of said units (1, 3, 5) having first transmission means (11) which becomes a control station, and the other of said units each having second transmission means (7, 9) which becomes a controlled station, said first transmission means (11) having means for identifying that the other unit is mounted on the unit having said first transmission means when said first transmission means receives self address codes transmitted in a first predetermined number of times from at least one of said second transmission means of the other units, in a second predetermined number of times.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The endoscope apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first transmission circuit (11) is provided in said light source unit (5).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
76 words
The endoscope apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first transmission circuit (11) comprises a function of stopping the receiving function for a predetermined period of time when receiving the self address code of other second transmission circuit during the communication with one of said second transmission circuits (7, 9) and a function of registering the self address code when receiving the self address codes for a predetermined number of times after the reception is started..
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The endoscope apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a unit having said second transmission circuit (7) communicating with said first transmission circuit (11) is said endoscope unit, and a unit having the other second transmission circuit (9) is said camera unit (3).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The endoscope apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said first predetermined number of times is 5 to 100 and said second predetermined number of times is 2 to 5.
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