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Patent
CA 2178240
A compact and light-weight video scope camera offering easy magnification changing operations is disclosed. A hollow insert portion continuous to a grip to be held by an operator is provided with an imaging system at the leading end of thereof. Operating an operation switch on the grip allows operational movement selecting means in the insert portion to cyclically or selectively select, from plural preset distance values, a distance between a lens and an image pickup device in the imaging system, corresponding to which distance, the lens or the image pickup device is moved relative to each other by imaging system component moving means to set any one of predetermined magnification modes. This makes it possible to provide a compact, light-weight video scope camera offering easy magnification changing operations for use in applications wherein the size of an imaging subject is previously restricted to some sizes. The invention is applicable to various video scope cameras for diagnosis and/or treatment in dentistry and orthopedics and also for industrial or educational use.
Atsuta Hiroshi
Matsuura Kazuo
Oshima Kiyoko
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
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