Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antifogging device and endoscope device
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Application No.: US15446445Application Date: 2017-03-01
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Publication No.: US10398297B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Takayuki Ide , Yuta Sugiyama
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B1/12
- IPC: A61B1/12 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B1/06

Abstract:
An antifogging device includes: an optical system having one or a plurality of optical members including at least an objective lens; a hollow casing in which the optical system is stored; a heater configured to generate heat according to supplied power to heat a hollow space in the casing; a temperature sensor configured to detect temperature of the hollow space; a temperature controller configured to estimate temperature difference between the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and temperature of the optical member, based on a power value of the supplied power; and an overall controller configured to control the heater based on the temperature difference estimated by the temperature controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170172401A1 ANTIFOGGING DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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