Abstract: An endoscope tip part including a tip housing at least partially enclosing an interior cavity and including a window, and a vision assembly accommodated in the interior cavity and including an imaging subassembly including an image sensor viewing in an optical direction through the window of the tip housing, a light source comprising an illumination surface for emitting light, a separate frame component including a light shielding wall made of an opaque material and extending between the image sensor and the light source so as to at least partially shield the image sensor from light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: A surgical simulation camera scope is provided. The surgical simulation camera scope comprises a lens mount with a lens and a sensor mount with an image sensor disposed between the sensor mount and the lens mount. The arrangement of the lens mount and the sensor mount ensures that the location of the sensor is maintained within the depth of focus of the lens while not damaging the sensor.

Abstract: An alert system for a transformer includes a thermographic camera configured to capture thermal images of the transformer, a current sensor configured to generate a sensor signal indicating the current magnitude of a current outputted from the transformer, a storage configured to store a machine learning model, an alert device, and a processing unit configured to obtain image temperature values from the thermal images, obtain magnitude values from the sensor signal, obtain normal temperature values by using the machine learning model and the magnitude values, and instruct the alert device to deliver an alerting signal based on a result of comparison between the image temperature values and the normal temperature values.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an endoscope system capable of providing an optimal video image to an operator in accordance with surgical scenes are provided. A processing mode determination unit determines, in accordance with surgical scenes, a processing mode for an in-vivo image captured by an imaging apparatus including an imaging element arranged so as to enable pixel shift processing, and an image combining unit processes an image output from the imaging apparatus, in accordance with the processing mode. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an endoscope system for imaging a living body with an endoscope.

Abstract: An imaging module includes an imaging element including a light receiving surface, an electrode surface on a side opposite to the light receiving surface, and imaging element electrodes formed on the electrode surface, a substrate including a first surface, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, and a first end surface facing the electrode surface, a cable portion having a conductor electrically connected to the imaging element electrodes via a wire on the substrate, a sealing resin that covers at least the first surface and the second surface, and an identification resin attached to a portion of the sealing resin on the first surface or a portion of the sealing resin on the second surface.

Abstract: An image capturing assembly is provided and includes an image sensing device, a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a lens assembly. The image sensing device includes an electrical connecting component. The first circuit board includes a first contact. The image sensing device is mounted on the first circuit board, and the electrical connecting component is electrically connected to the first contact. The second circuit board includes a second contact. The second circuit board is affixed with the first circuit board and perpendicular to the first circuit board, and the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact, so that the second contact is electrically connected to the electrical connecting component by the first contact. The lens assembly is assembled with the image sensing device. Furthermore, a related endoscope is provided.

Abstract: A method for processing an immersive video includes: performing pruning for view images; generating an atlas by packing a patch that is extracted as a result of the pruning; deriving an offset for the patch that is comprised in the atlas; and correcting pixel values in the patch by using the derived offset.

Abstract: A camera assembly for an interior of an automobile is disclosed. The camera assembly includes a lens, an image sensor, a printed circuit board, at least one illuminator, and a lens mount. The lens, image sensor and at least one illuminator are operatively connected to the printed circuit board. The lens mount includes at least one integrated heat sink configured to dissipate heat from the at least one illuminator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an endoscope including an object, which is to be supplied with electric current, in an endoscope head of the endoscope, and a circuit board for the object to be supplied with electric current. The circuit board extends from the object, which is to be supplied with electric current, in the distal direction of the endoscope head.

Abstract: A stereoscopic endoscope includes at least one illumination source disposed at a distal end portion in a position to project light to illuminate an object. The endoscope also includes an image capture assembly mounted at the distal end portion. The assembly includes first and second lens trains extending proximally from the distal end portion. The assembly includes an image sensor having a surface with a right side image area and a left side image area. The sensor surface lies in a plane substantially parallel to a plane in which the first and second lens trains lie. The assembly includes at least one optical element disposed to intercept light passing through the first and second lens trains. The optical element is configured to direct light exiting the first lens train to the right side image area and to direct light exiting the second lens trains to the left side image area.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed to a fixing unit of a light guide member. The fixing unit is attaching the light guide member to a protective member that protects outer circumference of the light guide member that guides primary light and a holding member. The fixing unit comprises a defining member forming a spatial region in which the protective member and the holding member are encapsulated separately from one another in a longitudinal axis direction of the fixing unit. An adhesive that is applied in the spatial region to bond at least part of the protective member and at least part of the holding member to the defining member. The defining member includes a specific region that defines a bonding range of the adhesive in the spatial region in at least one of a longitudinal axis direction and a radial direction of the defining member.

Abstract: An endoscope distal end structure includes: an imaging module configured to generate an image signal and transmit the generated image signal using a cable; a frame having a through hole, the frame being configured to hold the imaging module with the imaging module being inserted into the through hole from an insertion port; a first adhesive that is arranged in a gap between an outer circumference of a proximal end part of a resin seal and an inner circumferential surface of the frame on a side of the insertion port; and a second adhesive that is arranged in a gap between the inner circumferential surface of the frame at a position in which the through hole is formed and the imaging module that is inserted into the through hole.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an endoscopic imaging apparatus, an endoscopic imaging system and a method of using the same. The endoscopic imaging apparatus includes a diagnostic imaging means, an external control device and an ingestible capsule endoscopy. The external control device positions and/or orientates the capsule endoscopy in a target area. The diagnostic imaging means is included in the capsule endoscopy for diagnostic imaging of a target area under the control of the external control device.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device including a wiring connecting a first electrode on a light receiving surface and a second electrode on a rear surface, a first wiring board including a distal end surface, from which a flying lead protrudes, arranged to oppose the rear surface of the image pickup device, a second wiring board including a second main surface to which an upper surface of the first wiring board is made to adhere and including a distal end surface arranged to oppose the rear surface, in which the flying lead is bent and bonded to the second electrode, and a sealing member sealing a bonding section between the second electrode and the flying lead and an adhesion member that makes the distal end surface of the second wiring board and the rear surface adhere to each other are composed of integral curable resin.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion that includes a distal end portion and a bending portion configured to change a direction of the distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a casing having a round shape in a cross-section, and an image pickup module that includes an optical module section including a plurality of optical members and an image pickup section, the image pickup module having a rectangular shape in a cross-section, and the image pickup section includes an image pickup device and a semiconductor stack in which a plurality of semiconductor devices is stacked, and entirety of the image pickup module is completely housed inside the casing.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus is disclosed for diagnosis generating a first tomographic image and a second tomographic image inside a lumen of a measurement subject body by using an ultrasound signal which is transmitted and received by a first transmitting and receiving unit and an optical signal which is transmitted and received by a second transmitting and receiving unit in a case where a transmitting and receiving unit in which the first transmitting and receiving unit performing transmission and reception of the ultrasound signal and the second transmitting and receiving unit performing transmission and reception of the optical signal are disposed moves in an axial direction while rotating in the lumen of the measurement subject body.

Abstract: A focusable camera module for an endoscope, including a housing including a lens assembly in a distal end of the housing, a carrier disposed within the housing, the carrier having a distal end with an aperture, an image sensor attached inside the carrier adjacent to the aperture, a flexible circuit attached to an edge of the image sensor, and a motor slideably displacing the carrier between a retracted position and an extended position, the aperture adjacent to the lens assembly in the extended position, and an endoscope including the focusable camera module.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each pixel being configured to generate an imaging signal corresponding to an amount of light received and output the image signal; an A/D converter configured to conduct A/D conversion on the imaging signal generated by the pixel unit or on a drive power for driving the pixel unit, to generate a digital signal and output the digital signal to an external unit; a switch that is capable of switching a connection of the A/D converter to the pixel unit or a transmission line for transmitting the drive power; and a first controller configured to control the switch to connect the A/D converter to the transmission line in predetermined timing to cause the A/D converter to output a voltage value of the drive power to the external unit.

Abstract: An imaging device that includes at least one lens that collects light incident from an object; an imaging sensor that receives light from the lens and converts it to an electric signal; a multi-layer substrate electrically connected to the imaging sensor that includes electronic components and conductive layers and vias; and a collective cable including at least one coaxial cable. A core connection electrode connected to a core of the coaxial cable is formed on a first surface of the multi-layer substrate, the first substrate intersecting with a height direction of the multi-layer substrate. A shielded-wire connection electrode connected to a shielded wire of the coaxial cable is formed on a side surface of the multi-layer substrate adjacent to the first surface. The side surface faces and the cable extend to a proximal end.

Abstract: An imaging module includes: an image-sensing device that includes a terminal group having a plurality of image-sensing terminals; a flexible substrate that includes: a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface, and conductors disposed on the first surface and the second surface; a single-core wire unit that: is disposed between the image-sensing device and the flexible substrate, electrically connects the terminal group to the conductors, and includes a plurality of flexible single-core wires; and a coaxial cable that is connected to the conductor.

Abstract: There is provided an observation device that includes an image shooting unit composed of a first housing and for capturing an image of a surgical site of a patient; and a communication unit composed of a second housing disposed away from the first housing, and for wirelessly transmitting, to an external device, image information on the surgical site the image of which is captured by the image shooting unit.

Abstract: An processor that performs consecutive imaging control for consecutively imaging a subject by an imaging sensor and emitting auxiliary light in an imaging period in which each of the plurality of times of the imaging is performed, the imaging periods do not overlap, an end timing of a light emission period of the auxiliary light started in the imaging period is later than an end timing of the imaging period, the imaging control device further controls a light emission intensity of the auxiliary light in the light emission period started in the second imaging period or imaging sensitivity in the second imaging period based on the light emission intensity of the auxiliary light emitted in an overlapping period overlapping with the second imaging period in the light emission period started in the first imaging period.

Abstract: An imaging module includes: an image-sensing device; a first substrate; a signal cable; a second substrate; and a flexible linear structure. Each of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a wiring and a cable terminal electrically connected to the signal cable on only one surface of the substrate. Each of the wiring of the first substrate and the wiring of the second substrate is electrically connected to the signal line via the cable terminal. The flexible linear structure extends in a direction along the signal cable from a front-end portion of the flexible linear structure supported by a structure-front-end support including the first substrate, and the flexible linear structure is disposed on a side of the signal cable where the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed.

Abstract: An image pickup module including: an image pickup unit having a plurality of stacked semiconductor devices, the plurality of stacked semiconductor devices including an image pickup sensor; and a frame including a hollow portion in which the image pickup unit is inserted, wherein the image pickup unit includes a first side surface orthogonal to a principal surface of the image pickup sensor, and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, and two edges of four edges defining the first side surface of the image pickup unit are in contact with an inner surface of the frame, the two edges being orthogonal to the principal surface of the image pickup device, and the second side surface is not in contact with the inner surface of the frame.

Abstract: To solve the above problem, a first technology is an image processing device configured to estimate an approximate center of rotation of an endoscopic device based on motion detection in response to a movement of an objective lens at a distal portion of the endoscopic device by manipulating a proximal portion of the endoscopic device.

Abstract: A video processor includes an identification section configured to identify a kind of an endoscope, an electronic zoom processing section configured to magnify by a first magnification factor and a second magnification factor larger than the first magnification factor, and a mode setting section configured to set to a first mode of enabling selection of a first processing pattern, and a second processing pattern, when connection of a super-wide angle endoscope is identified, and set to a second mode enabling selection of the second processing pattern when connection of a single visual field endoscope is identified, wherein when the mode setting section performs electronic zoom processing by the second magnification factor in the first mode, the electronic zoom processing section cuts out an image so that only the optical image of the forward visual field is displayed and magnifies the image with the second magnification factor.

Abstract: An image pickup unit of the present invention includes an image sensor, a connection board, a circuit board, a cable, and protection material. If an external force acts in a direction orthogonal to an extension direction of the cable, the whole of the circuit board, which is a rigid body, is displaced relative to an electrode portion of the image sensor by the external force. In response to the displacement of the circuit board, the connection board is displaced so that a curve radius of a curved portion changes, between a first land portion connected to the image sensor and a second land portion connected to the circuit board, and thereby a load by the external force transmitted to the image sensor from the cable through the circuit board is reduced.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device on which a light receiving section is formed, a heat transfer member made of a material having thermal conductivity equal to or higher than 15 W/(m·K), the heat transfer member including a wiring board, a joining section joined to the image pickup device, a bending section extended from the joining section, and a fixed section extended from the bending section, and a housing made of metal, an inner surface of which is in contact with a part of the fixed section of the heat transfer member housed on an inside.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is an image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup device including a plurality of electrode pads provided in a row on an outer peripheral portion of a light-receiving surface on which a light-receiving section is formed, the plurality of electrode pads being connected to the light-receiving section; and a wiring board including a plurality of inner leads connected to respective electrode pads, wherein each of the inner leads includes a distal end portion, a bent portion and a rear end portion, the distal end portion is connected to the corresponding electrode pad, the bent portion includes a first bent portion having a recess shape relative to the light-receiving surface and a second bent portion having a protruding shape relative to the light-receiving surface, and the rear end portion is disposed in parallel with a side face of the image pickup device.

Abstract: An endoscope includes a single lens that has a square exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has an square exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a sensor cover that has an exterior shape which is same as the exterior shape of the single lens, in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis; and a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the single lens, The single lens is a lens which is formed in a prismatic shape. The single lens has first surface on an imaging subject side that has a plane, and has second surface on an imaging side that has a convex surface.

Abstract: A camera unit includes: an image sensor; a circuit board in which a signal processor circuit to process an output signal of the image sensor is formed; a cable including at least a signal conductor element and a ground conductor element and connected at one end to the circuit board; a metal housing component to accommodate the image sensor and the circuit board therein; and a metal component disposed at the end of the cable and connected to the ground conductor element. The ground conductor element is connected to both a ground terminal of the circuit board and the metal housing component in a vicinity of the end of the cable where the cable is connected to the circuit board. The ground conductor element is connected to the metal housing component through the metal component in the vicinity of the end of the cable.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup device including a light receiving surface, an opposite surface, and an inclined surface, and provided with light receiving surface electrodes formed on the light receiving surface; cover glass joined so as to cover the light receiving surface; and a wiring board including second bond electrodes, wherein back surfaces of the light receiving surface electrodes being exposed to an opposite surface side, extended wiring patterns extended from the respective back surfaces of the light receiving surface electrodes through the inclined surface to the opposite surface, each of the extended wiring patterns including a first bond electrode, and the first bond electrode and the second bond electrode being bonded through a bump.

Abstract: A video processor distributes hardware resources and software resources related to video signal processing performed by a video signal processing unit to a first partition and a second partition, assigns minimal processing from among the video signal processing to the resources distributed to the first partition, assigns processing from among the video signal processing that is other than the minimal processing to the resources distributed to the second partition, monitors anomalies in the resources distributed to the first partition and the second partition, and only resets resources distributed to a partition in which an anomaly has been detected by the monitoring.

Abstract: A microscope device 100 includes: a sample container holder 7 that is capable of housing a plurality of sample containers 9 and that is supported so as to be attachable, each of the sample containers 9 housing a sample S and a first immersion medium and including a transparent section that transmits light; an illumination optical system 1 that emits illumination light to the sample S via the transparent section; a detection optical system 2 that detects light from the sample S via the transparent section; and a movement mechanism 16 that relatively moves the sample container holder 7, the detection optical system 2, and the illumination optical system 1 in a gravity direction. The sample container holder 7 houses the plurality of sample containers S in the gravity direction.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a plurality of bumps (13) on a first semiconductor substrate (11); and a lens material (57) in a region other than the plurality of bumps on the first semiconductor substrate, wherein a distance between a side of a bump closest to the lens material and a side of the lens material closest to the bump is greater than twice a diameter of the bump closest to the lens material, and wherein the distance between the side of the bump closest to the lens material and the side of the lens material closest to the bump is greater a minimum pitch of the bumps.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging element that generates an image signal of a subject; an observation method determining unit that determines, based on identification information indicating types of a control device connected to the imaging device, whether the control device adopts a first observation method for processing an image signal indicating a plurality of images of the subject per one frame period or a second observation method for processing an image signal indicating a single image of the subject per one frame period; and a data reducing unit. If the control device adopts the second observation method, the data reducing unit reduces a data amount of the image signal to be transmitted to the control device per unit time such that a transmission rate indicating the data amount of the image signal per unit time is acceptable to the control device that adopts the second observation method.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes: a solid state image sensor configured to receive light and perform photoelectric conversion on the light to generate an electric signal; a substrate extending from the solid state image sensor in an optical axis direction of the solid state image sensor; and a multi-layer substrate formed on a surface of the substrate, the multi-layer substrate having a plurality of electronic components mounted thereon and having a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of via holes formed therein. At least one of the plurality of electronic components is embedded inside the multi-layer substrate. The plurality of via holes is formed on an outer side of the at least one of the plurality of electronic components embedded inside the multi-layer substrate along an optical axis direction of the multi-layer substrate.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an imaging unit; a drive signal generation unit configured to generate and output a plurality of drive signals for driving the imaging unit; a differential converter configured to convert one of the plurality of drive signals into a differential signal; a pair of signal lines configured to transmit the differential signal and configured such that impedance matching does not occur at a terminal of one of the pair of signal lines; and an adjustment unit configured to send a detecting signal to the one of the pair of signal lines, and to adjust characteristics of at least one of the plurality of drive signals based on a time period from when the detecting signal is sent until the detecting signal is reflected and returned from the terminal of the one of the pair of signal lines.

Abstract: An optical unit includes: a lens holding frame configured to hold an objective optical system; an image pickup device holding frame configured to hold an image pickup device including a light receiving section that detects an object image formed by the objective optical system, to which a first holding frame is interpolated and fitted; a welding section provided on a fitting section of the lens holding frame and the image pickup device holding frame, configured to fix the lens holding frame and the image pickup device holding frame at a fitting position at which an image forming surface of the object image by the objective optical system and the light receiving section are made to coincide; and a bonding material configured to fill a gap formed between the lens holding frame and the image pickup device holding frame.

Abstract: An endoscopic system can include an endoscope shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The endoscopic system can have a sensor system that includes an electrically active sensor mounted proximate the distal end and positioned to sense at least one characteristic of an environment in which the distal end is located, a data signal transmission line connected to the sensor to transmit data signals between the sensor and a signal processor, and an electrical power transmission line connected to the sensor to transmit power to the sensor. The endoscopic system also can include a floating ground element arranged to provide an electrical reference for the sensor system. Voltage induced by an electromagnetic interference external to the endoscopic system on at least one of the data signal transmission line or electrical power line is substantially similar to the voltage induced by the electromagnetic interference on the floating ground element.

Abstract: A surgical instrument having: a wall; an electrically insulating substrate; an electrical connection, wherein at least a portion of the electrical connection is applied on an exterior surface of the electrically insulating substrate; an insulating layer applied on the portion of the electrical connection; and a hermetic connection layer applied to the insulating layer, wherein the hermetic connection layer is hermetically connected to the wall to separate a hermetic chamber from an outer area.

Abstract: A mobile sterilization assembly, a mobile sterilization device, and method for sterilization using a mobile sterilization device are described for providing a low-cost and compact sterilization system using an ultraviolet light-emitting diode for sterilization. In an implementation, a mobile sterilization assembly includes a sterilization assembly couplable to a mobile device with a controller, the sterilization assembly including at least one light dispersive element; and an optical coupler configured to couple the at least one light dispersive element to a mobile device; where the at least one light dispersive element at least one of transmits and disperses light from at least one light-emitting diode or transmits light to a photodiode, where the at least one light-emitting diode or the photodiode are configured to be communicatively coupled to the controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for observing a sentinel lymph node (SLN) in a human body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for observing an SLN by detecting near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence caused by a fluorescent material such as indocyanine green (ICG) at the SLN and a method for detecting NIR fluorescence at an SLN. Particularly, in the implementation of a composite image obtained by reproducing a fluorescent material such as ICG and NIR fluorescence emitted by excitation light together with a visible light image, it is possible to detect an SLN with high accuracy through a color contrast method and/or a temporal modulation method using an NIR fluorescence image signal and a visible reflection light image signal.

Abstract: A first insulating film is applied onto a joining face of a semiconductor device including a connection terminal on a joining face, and the connection terminal is embedded inside the first insulating film. The second insulating film is formed on a joining target face of a joining target, which includes a connection target terminal on the joining target face, and the connection target terminal is embedded inside the second insulating film. The semiconductor device and the joining target are joined together by applying pressure and causing the semiconductor device and the joining target to make contact with each other.

Abstract: A device for acquiring first and subsequent images of a suspect area on a patient and methods for monitoring or detecting changes of the suspect area over time and providing notification when the changes exceed a threshold. The device may be an imaging device, such as a digital camera, possibly augmented with physical or optical devices for arranging the orientation and/or distance of the imaging device with respect to the suspect area. In addition, methods for identifying, relocating, acquiring a first and/or subsequent image of the suspect area, and performing a comparative analysis of respective images are also described. Results of the comparative analysis can be used to notify and/or assist a medical professional in treating or counseling the patient.

Abstract: Analysis of live beings is facilitated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a light-directing arrangement such as an endoscope is mounted to a live being. Optics in the light-directing arrangement are implemented to pass source light (e.g., laser excitation light) into the live being, and to pass light from the live being for detection thereof. The light from the live being may include, for example, photons emitted in response to the laser excitation light (i.e., fluoresced). The detected light is then used to detect a characteristic of the live being.

Abstract: An in-vivo imaging device and method for performing spectral analysis include inserting the in-vivo device into a patient's lumen, illuminating the tissue lumen and collecting the light scattered and reflected from the tissue. The device may comprise at least six illumination sources for illuminating the tissue. At least two of the six illumination sources illuminate at a different wavelength in the blue spectral region, at least two illuminate at a different wavelength in the green spectral region, and at least two illuminate at a different wavelength in the red spectral region. The illumination sources are adapted to illuminate in groups of three, wherein each group of three illumination sources comprises one illumination source that illuminates in the blue spectral region, one in the green spectral region, and one in the red spectral region. Each group of three illumination sources illuminates simultaneously.

Abstract: Systems and approaches are provided for robustly determining the motion of a computing device. Multiple cameras on the device can each capture a sequence of images, and the images can be analyzed to determine motion of the device with respect to a user, an object, or scenery captured in the images. The estimated motion may be complemented with measurements from an inertial sensor such as a gyroscope or an accelerometer to provide more accurate estimations of device motion than can be provided by image data or inertial sensor data alone. A computing device can then be configured to detect device motion as user input such as to navigate a user interface or to remotely control movement of another electronic device.

Abstract: In an endoscope image pickup unit including an image pickup device having connecting terminal portions on a back surface, and a flexible printed wiring board having a first region on which the image pickup device is mounted, a second region in which an external connection portion for connecting an electric cable is formed, a bent portion provided between the first region and the second region, and two conductive layers, input and output pads for performing input of a voltage to and input and output of signals to and from the image pickup device are disposed at a position closer to the bent portion than ground pads for connecting the image pickup device to a ground, and input and output wirings to be connected to the input and output pads are formed from a same conductive layer as the input and output pads.

Abstract: A camera unit includes an image sensor, a circuit board in which a signal processor circuit to process an output signal of the image sensor is formed, a cable including a signal conductor element and a ground conductor element and connected at one end to the circuit board, and a shielding component formed to enclose the circuit board therewith. The ground conductor element is connected to both a ground terminal of the circuit board and the shielding component in a vicinity of the end of the cable.