Endoscope apparatus

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PATENT NO 11992192
APP PUB NO 20210161364A1
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17154083

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An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source that radiates a pulsed light beam onto an imaging subject; an imaging optical system; an image transmission optical system that transmits the image of the imaging subject; an optical sensor that has a light receiving surface on which a plurality of pixels are arrayed and that detects a light level of the image; and one or more processors, wherein the optical sensor obtains light levels by detecting, in a time division manner, a reflected light beam of the pulsed light beam at each of the pixels, and wherein the processors are configured to: calculate an observation distance to the imaging subject from the imaging optical system on a basis of the light levels.

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OLYMPUS CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Fukushima, Ikutoshi Tokyo, JP 27 200
Namiki, Mitsuru Tokyo, JP 37 175
Nishimura, Junichi Tokyo, JP 102 398
Shimamoto, Atsuyoshi Tokyo, JP 30 108

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