Title:
IMAGE CAPTURE AND VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE VIEWING ELEMENT ENDOSCOPES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/112747
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A multiple sensor endoscope system and a video processing method, wherein the system includes an endoscope having a plurality of daisy chained image sensors and a central control unit, is described. At least one daisy-chained image sensor includes a sensor array for capturing images and generating video packets from the captured images, a video compression unit configured to compress the video packets, a self-packet buffer configured to store the video packets, a serial-to-parallel de-serializer input unit configured to convert serialized input video packets to parallel data, a chain packet buffer configured to store the video packets received from previous-in-chain image sensors, an arbitration unit configured to interleave the stored video packets, and a serial output unit configured to output serially the interleaved video packets. The central control unit is configured to de-interleave the video packets and regenerate separated images as captured by the plurality of daisy chain image sensors.
Inventors:
SIDAR ITAY (IL)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/012506
Publication Date:
March 10, 2016
Filing Date:
January 22, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ENDOCHOICE INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B1/00
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DALAL, Sona (191 West Second StreetSanta Ana, CA, US)
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