Patents Assigned to Olympus Coproration
  • Patent number: 10631336
    Abstract: A controller of a wireless communication terminal wirelessly receives second communication channel information from a second wireless communication terminal using a communicator. The controller wirelessly transmits first communication channel information and the second communication channel information to a third wireless communication terminal using the communicator. The controller wirelessly receives third communication channel information from the third wireless communication terminal using the communicator. The controller wirelessly transmits the first communication channel information and the third communication channel information to the second wireless communication terminal using the communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS COPRORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Kiyoshi Toyoda
  • Patent number: 10447939
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes an imaging element, a video signal generating circuit, an illuminator, and one or more controllers. An imaging area in which a plurality of pixels are disposed includes a scanning area. In a case in which a first operation mode is set, the one or more controllers control the imaging element such that at least parts of the exposure periods of the pixels disposed in at least a part of the scanning area overlap each other. In a case in which a second operation mode is set, the one or more controllers control the illuminator such that the light source is turned on in a period in which at least parts of the exposure periods of the pixels disposed in at least a part of the scanning area overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Olympus Coproration
    Inventors: Eiichi Kobayashi, Yutaka Konomura, Masayoshi Yokota, Kiyotomi Ogawa