Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for endoscope includes: an imager, an optical device, an optical module on which the optical device is mounted, an optical fiber optically coupled with the optical device, a ferrule having an insertion hole into which the optical fiber is inserted, and a wiring board including a first rigid board, a second rigid board and a flexible intermediate board. The ferrule is fixed to the second rigid board or a first principal surface of the optical module. A first side surface of the optical module is glued to the first rigid board, and the first principal surface is glued to the second rigid board.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for endoscope includes: an imager, an optical device, an optical module on which the optical device is mounted, an optical fiber optically coupled with the optical device, a ferrule having an insertion hole into which the optical fiber is inserted, and a wiring board including a first rigid board, a second rigid board and a flexible intermediate board. The ferrule is fixed to the second rigid board or a first principal surface of the optical module. A first side surface of the optical module is glued to the first rigid board, and the first principal surface is glued to the second rigid board.

Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical element including a light emitting section which emits a light signal and two external terminals on a light emitting surface; an optical fiber configured to transmit the light signal; a ferrule having an insertion hole into which the optical fiber is inserted; and a wiring board where two connection electrodes provided to a first main surface are respectively bonded to the two external terminals via bumps, and the ferrule is provided to a second main surface, wherein the light emitting surface of the light emitting element is inclined with respect to the first main surface at a predetermined inclination angle based on heights of the bumps.

Abstract: An ultrasound unit includes an ultrasound array that has a plurality of ultrasound elements, each of which has a first principal surface that is rectangular where a transmitting and receiving portion, a signal electrode terminal, and a ground electrode terminal are arranged in a longer side direction, longer sides of the ultrasound elements being coupled, one or more short-lines that are connected to a plurality of ground electrode terminals, a ground line that is connected to the short-line, and a plurality of signal lines, each of which is connected to one of the signal electrode terminals, and adjoining ultrasound elements of the ultrasound elements are coupled such that the signal electrode terminals are arranged alternately on opposite sides in the longer side direction of the transmitting and receiving portions that are rectangular.

Abstract: An optical transmission module includes a substrate having an opening portion; an optical element closing an opening on the lower surface side of the substrate and converting an electric signal into an optical signal or the optical signal into the electric signal; an optical fiber transmitting the optical signal; a ferrule closing an opening on the upper surface side of the substrate and having an optical fiber insertion hole; and a resin filled into a space surrounded at least by the substrate, the optical element, the ferrule, and a distal end of the optical fiber, wherein the ferrule has a resin filling hole spaced apart from the optical fiber insertion hole to fill the space with the resin, and an angle formed by an axis of the optical fiber insertion hole and an axis of the resin filling hole is equal to or more than 0° and less than 90°.

Abstract: An optical transmission module includes a substrate having an opening portion; an optical element closing an opening on the lower surface side of the substrate and converting an electric signal into an optical signal or the optical signal into the electric signal; an optical fiber transmitting the optical signal; a ferrule closing an opening on the upper surface side of the substrate and having an optical fiber insertion hole; and a resin filled into a space surrounded at least by the substrate, the optical element, the ferrule, and a distal end of the optical fiber, wherein the ferrule has a resin filling hole spaced apart from the optical fiber insertion hole to fill the space with the resin, and an angle formed by an axis of the optical fiber insertion hole and an axis of the resin filling hole is equal to or more than 0° and less than 90°.

Abstract: A wireless power supply apparatus for a capsule-type endoscope has three sets of coils that generate a magnetic field in directions that are orthogonal to each other, a gravity sensor that detects a gravitational direction, a coil selection section that selects a coil that generates a magnetic field in a gravitational direction that is detected by the gravity sensor, and a drive section that applies a current to the coil that the coil selection section selects.

Abstract: By providing an in-vitro apparatus arranged outside a body of an examinee with a judgment section which judges whether a capsule endoscope is in a predetermined digestive tract or not by analysis of an image transmitted from the capsule endoscope and a signal control section which performs output control of a control signal for causing an image acquisition section (an illumination section and an image pickup section) and a wireless transmission section of the capsule endoscope to continuously operate or intermittently operate, according to a judgment result of the judgment section, exhaustion of the power source section of the capsule endoscope is suppressed and a desired image is obtained, without imposing a burden on an observer.

Abstract: Provided is a capsule-type endoscope that has a power receiving coil that wirelessly receives an electric power from outside a body of an individual to be examined, a processing circuit that performs predetermined processing, and an adjusting reactance section that is capable of adjusting a reactance that is connected to the power receiving coil.

Abstract: An ultrasound unit includes an ultrasound array that has a plurality of ultrasound elements, each of which has a first principal surface that is rectangular where a transmitting and receiving portion, a signal electrode terminal, and a ground electrode terminal are arranged in a longer side direction, longer sides of the ultrasound elements being coupled, one or more short-lines that are connected to a plurality of ground electrode terminals, a ground line that is connected to the short-line, and a plurality of signal lines, each of which is connected to one of the signal electrode terminals, and adjoining ultrasound elements of the ultrasound elements are coupled such that the signal electrode terminals are arranged alternately on opposite sides in the longer side direction of the transmitting and receiving portions that are rectangular.

Abstract: Provided is a capsule-type endoscope that has a power receiving coil that wirelessly receives an electric power from outside a body of an individual to be examined, a processing circuit that performs predetermined processing, and an adjusting reactance section that is capable of adjusting a reactance that is connected to the power receiving coil.

Abstract: A wireless power supply apparatus for a capsule-type endoscope has three sets of coils that generate a magnetic field in directions that are orthogonal to each other, a gravity sensor that detects a gravitational direction, a coil selection section that selects a coil that generates a magnetic field in a gravitational direction that is detected by the gravity sensor, and a drive section that applies a current to the coil that the coil selection section selects.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless-type subject in-vivo information acquiring apparatus that is introduced into a body cavity of an individual to be examined and acquires subject in-vivo information, and that includes a transmission antenna that has an antenna orientation direction in which a transmission signal that transmits acquired subject in-vivo information is emitted most strongly, and another antenna that has an antenna directivity in a predetermined direction that is different from that of the transmission antenna. The transmission antenna and the other antenna are arranged so that a relationship between the antenna orientation direction of the transmission antenna and the antenna orientation direction of the other antenna is a twisted positional relationship or an intersecting relationship.

Abstract: A wireless power feeding system includes a plurality of power transmission antennas, each including a resonance circuit including a power transmission coil and a capacitor located so as to generate a magnetic field in a desired direction, a controller controlling a resonant state of each of the plurality of power transmission antennas, a plurality of driving units applying an AC voltage to the plurality of power transmission antennas to drive each of the plurality of power transmission antennas, and a power supply supplying a voltage to the plurality of driving units. The controller controls a power transmission antenna from which a magnetic field is to be generated to place the power transmission antenna in a resonant state and controls a power transmission antenna from which a magnetic field is not to be generated to place the power transmission antenna in a nonresonant state.

Abstract: A power feeding system including a transmission antenna for wirelessly transmitting an electric power from a power source, and a receiver antenna having a receiver coil wound around an outer periphery of a substantially bar-like core for receiving the electric power which has been transmitted are provided. The core of the receiver antenna has at least one end area tilting at a predetermined angle with respect to a linear area.