The present invention discloses a system for wireless capsule endoscope with adaptive frame rate, comprising: a recorder data processor to filter the first posture information of a capsule endoscope and the second posture information of a portable recorder to obtain a quaternion p.sub.0 of the first posture information and a quaternion p.sub.1 of the second posture information, and to calculate an interpolated median s.sub.0 between p.sub.0 and p.sub.1 at time t.sub.0, and an interpolated median s.sub.1 between p′.sub.0 and p′.sub.1 at time t.sub.1; the recorder data processor also calculates a difference diff.sub.0 between the interpolated median s.sub.0 and s.sub.1, and works out the dot product of the difference diff.sub.0 and unit quaternion [1, 0, 0, 0].

In this patent disclosure, a machine-learning-based system for automatically turning on/off a light source of an endoscope camera during a surgical procedure to ensure the safety of the surgical staff is disclosed. The disclosed system can receive a real-time video image captured by the endoscope camera, wherein the real-time video image is captured either inside the patient's body or outside of the patient's body. The system next processes the real-time video image using a first statistical classifier to classify the real-time video image as either being inside the patient's body or being outside of the patient's body. If the real-time video image is classified as being outside of the patient's body, the system next determines if the light source is turned on. If so, the system generates a control signal to immediately turn off the light source. Otherwise, the system continues receiving and processing real-time video images captured by the endoscope camera.

A nerve integrity monitoring device includes a control module and a physical layer module. The control module is configured to generate a payload request. The payload request (i) requests a data payload from a sensor in a wireless nerve integrity monitoring network, and (ii) indicates whether a stimulation probe device is to generate a stimulation pulse. The physical layer module is configured to (i) wirelessly transmit the payload request to the sensor and the stimulation probe device, or (ii) transmit the payload request to a console interface module. The physical layer module is also configured to, in response to the payload request, (i) receive the data payload from the sensor, and (ii) receive stimulation pulse information from the stimulation probe device. The data payload includes data corresponding to an evoked response of a patient. The evoked response is generated based on the stimulation pulse.

Advances in endoscope inspection systems to provide for evidence of the cleanliness of critical portions of the instrument's interior. Utilizing borescope sensing technology, the precise location of the borescope within the endoscope can be repeatedly established is in order to establish the healthy condition of the endoscope. Light intensity of cleaning paraphernalia may be adjusted to prevent endoscope damage.

An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a display device, and a cable interconnecting the endoscope and the display device. The endoscope includes an elongated body extending distally from a handle. An image sensor is disposed within a distal portion of the elongated body, a lens is disposed at a distal end of the elongated body, and a light source including one or more light emitting elements is integrated into the distal end of the elongated body and positioned radially outward of the lens. An integrated processor is disposed within the handle.

An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a video processor, and a parameter control device. The parameter control device causes the endoscope and the video processor to execute predetermined processing by controlling a plurality of parameters used in the endoscope and the video processor. The parameter control device includes a data collection unit, a determination unit, and a parameter determination unit. The determination unit determines contents of constraint processing by determining a plurality of pieces of information acquired by the data collection unit, and determines contents of recovery processing so that a function for displaying an endoscope image is recovered, the function being degraded through the constraint processing. The parameter determination unit determines one or more parameters used in the constraint processing and one or more parameters used in the recovery processing.

An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a video processor, and a parameter control device. The parameter control device causes the endoscope and the video processor to execute predetermined processing by controlling a plurality of parameters used by the endoscope and the video processor. The parameter control device includes a data collection unit, an operation mode determination unit, and a parameter determination unit. The operation mode determination unit selects one or more operation modes from among an electric power consumption reducing mode, a wireless transmission amount reducing mode, a high image quality achieving mode, and a standard mode by determining the plurality of pieces of information acquired by the data collection unit. The parameter determination unit determines the plurality of parameters based on one or more operation modes selected by an operation mode selection unit.

The endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope and a video processor. The endoscope apparatus has a voice coil motor provided in a distal end portion of an insertion portion of the endoscope and having a coil with a resistance component, and a signal wire inserted into the insertion portion and connected to both ends of the coil, detects at least one value of a current supplied to the signal wire and a voltage applied to the signal wire, calculates power consumption of the coil from the at least one value detected and resistance value information of the resistance component, and executes a predetermined process based on the calculated power consumption of the coil and power consumption threshold information.

The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting whether an illumination source of an endoscope is in use (inside the body of a patient) versus not in use (outside the body of a patient). The disclosure relies on the fact that the working environment is lit solely by the endoscope and its components. Thus, communication between the illumination or light source controller and the imaging device, such as a surgical camera, is required. When the illumination or light source is turned off and the endoscope is outside the body, a sensor will detect ambient light alerting the illumination source controller that it is outside the body, which then keeps the illumination source off or at a low intensity level. Conversely, when the illumination source is turned off and the endoscope is inside the body, the sensor will not detect any light (or will detect only a very low level of light). Based on this logic, if the imaging device, such as a camera, knows that the light is off during a specific period of time the frame(s) from that time period can be analyzed and the level of light gathered in the frame(s) will show the scope location either inside or outside of the body.

A capsule apparatus comprising: an enclosure and a capsule core arranged in the enclosure. The capsule core comprises: a power supply, an acceleration sensor connected to the power supply, a switching element having an input terminal connected to the power supply and a control terminal connected to the acceleration sensor; a control unit connected to a first output terminal of the switching element; and a working system connected to a second output terminal of the switching element. The capsule core also comprises a microcontroller unit, the control unit is integrated in the microcontroller unit, and the output terminal of the switching element is connected to the microcontroller unit. The acceleration sensor can control the power on and off of the control unit and the working system according to different states.