Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100191055 | CAPSULE TYPE MEDICAL APPARATUS AND CAPSULE TYPE MEDICAL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a capsule type medical apparatus that can receive, in a subject, an external signal transmitted from an outside of the subject and transmitted via a conductor existing in the subject, including: a cover member that is formed of a dielectric and covers components of the capsule type medical apparatus; a plurality of electrodes that are formed of conductors, are provided in tight contact with an inner wall side of the cover member, and receive the external signal; an inductor circuit that is connected in series to each of the plurality of electrodes, and has an inductance value set to configure a resonant circuit having a frequency substantially equal to a carrier frequency of the external signal as a resonant frequency; and a signal receiving circuit to which the external signal received by the plurality of electrodes and a potential difference of the external signal are inputted. | 07-29-2010 |
20100265321 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes first light sources that have first frequency characteristics; second light sources that have second frequency characteristics different from the first frequency characteristics and that are arranged in positions different from those of the first light sources; an imaging unit that generates an image of a subject by receiving light that is emitted from the first light sources and the second light sources and then reflected from an object; and an image corrector that performs color unevenness correction on the image, which is captured by the imaging unit, using correction data with which a ratio of luminance of a first image, which is captured by the imaging unit using the first light sources, with respect to luminance of a second image, which is captured by the imaging unit using the second light sources, in each area is uniform based on the first image and the second image. | 10-21-2010 |
20100265322 | IMAGING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD - An image generating device includes a first image-information generating unit that generates first image information based on a plurality of pieces of acquired color element information, a color-component detecting unit that detects a predetermined color component based on each piece of color element information, a color-component eliminating unit that eliminates the predetermined color component detected by the color-component detecting unit from a predetermined piece of color element information among the plurality of pieces of color element information, and a second image-information generating unit that generates second color information based on a piece of color element information obtained by eliminating the predetermined color component by the color-component eliminating unit and another piece of color element information. | 10-21-2010 |
20100292534 | BODY-INTRODUCABLE APPARATUS AND MEDICAL SYSTEM - A body-introducable apparatus includes: a light source unit having a first light source that outputs first light and a second light source that outputs second light in a wavelength band different from that of the first light; a light distribution matching unit that matches distributions of the first light and the second light; an illuminating control unit that illuminates the inside of the subject by driving the light source unit; and an imaging unit that captures an image of the inside of the subject. | 11-18-2010 |
20110218398 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing system includes an image generation unit that has two observation modes of a first observation mode for capturing an image under illumination by a first light source and a second observation mode for capturing an image under illumination by a second light source different from the first light source and generates an image to be displayed based on the image captured by selecting one of the observation modes; a brightness detection unit that detects brightness of the image captured in one observation mode; and a control unit that controls an exposure operation or image processing in the other observation mode performed subsequent to an observation in the one observation mode based on the brightness of the image detected by the brightness detection unit. | 09-08-2011 |
20110273548 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - A capsule endoscope device includes an illumination unit that illuminates a living tissue using at least one of a white light illumination unit and a special light illumination unit; an imaging unit that captures an image of the tissue; a transmission unit that transmits imaging information containing the image; a storage unit that stores a threshold with respect to information on a distance between the endoscope and the tissue; a detection unit that detects the information; and an output unit that compares the information with the threshold, selects an image capturing condition of a special light observation mode if the distance is not larger than the threshold, selects an image capturing condition of a normal light observation mode if the distance is larger than the threshold, and outputs the selected image capturing condition to an operation unit related to image capturing. | 11-10-2011 |
20140140059 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device having a wavelength converting unit having a first wavelength converting member for absorbing a first excitation light having a first wavelength range, and emitting a first wavelength-converted light; and a second wavelength converting member for absorbing a second excitation light having a second wavelength range, and emitting a second wavelength-converted light, wherein the wavelength converting unit emits a first emission light having a first spectral shape when irradiated with the first excitation light, and emits a second emission light having a second spectral shape when irradiated with the second excitation light, and wherein at least a portion of the first wavelength converting member and at least a portion of the second wavelength converting members are arranged within an irradiation space that is commonly irradiated by both the first excitation light and the second excitation light. | 05-22-2014 |