KR100531715B1 - Medical camera system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a camera for observing a human body having a wireless transmission module inside the camera to ensure ease of use and easy access to an inspection part of the human body.

The present invention provides a human body observation camera system comprising a human body observation camera and an image reproducing apparatus, comprising: a main body provided with a gripping portion and a power supply formed on an outer side of the body; A head portion which is opened in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and coupled to the front side of the main body; A bent portion for obliquely coupling the head portion and the main body at a predetermined angle; An imaging unit which is provided on the head part and the main body inner side and photographs a part to be inspected of the human body; An operation unit provided at an appropriate position of the main body, the operation unit including a plurality of operation switches to control various operations of the camera; A control unit which controls the video signal photographed by the imaging unit and various operation signals of the operation unit; A wireless transmitter installed at one side of the main body and converting the video signal controlled by the controller into a wireless signal and transmitting the wireless signal to the outside; An image reproducing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving an image signal transmitted by a wireless transmitting unit and a memory unit for storing the received image signal.

Description

Camera system for human observation {Medical camera system}

The present invention relates to a camera system for observing a human body, and more particularly, to a camera system for observing a human body configured to be provided with a wireless transmission module inside the camera to ensure ease of use and to easily access an imaging object. will be.

In general, cameras for human observation include medical cameras used in dentistry, otolaryngology, obstetrics and gynecology, and cameras used in companies such as beauty care and skin care, but the principle is very similar.

Until now, a general camera system for observing a human body includes an imaging unit for capturing an image of an inspected part of a human body and converting the image into an electrical image signal, a controller for signal processing the electrical image signal of the imaging unit, and the above-described image signal in a wired manner. It is composed of a video reproducing apparatus which transmits and receives and reproduces on a monitor.

3 is an external perspective view showing a human body observation camera used in a conventional human body observation camera system, a handpiece type configured to allow the user to observe the inspection part of the human body in a state held by one hand; The head part 1 was formed in the form of being coupled on the straight line of the main body 3.

However, due to the structure in which the head portion 1 of the human body observation camera is coupled in a straight line with the main body 3, the body 1 is approached to an inspection part of the human body when used in a field such as a dental camera or a special medical camera. This is not easy, it is difficult for the user to obtain the desired image, or in order to obtain the desired image has to access the part to be inspected through an excessive force, there is a problem that damages the part to be inspected or unnatural operation of the inspector.

In addition, according to the prior art, due to the structure in which the control unit for controlling the operation of the human body observation camera is separated from the camera body, the user is not easy to operate the various cameras during the human body observation while holding the camera body. there was.

In addition, according to the prior art, as the human body observation camera and the image reproducing apparatus are connected in a wired form, there is a problem in that the inconvenience of use and the volume of the entire system become large, thereby taking a lot of space restrictions.

In addition, according to the prior art, there is a disadvantage that there is no configuration to facilitate the direct explanation or consultation with the patient or the customer with the image acquired from the camera for human observation.

An object of the present invention is to provide a camera system for observing a human body, which enables accurate imaging by making a structure of a camera easy to access a part to be inspected.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a human body observation camera system to facilitate the operation of the various cameras when the human body observation in the state where the user grips the camera body by placing the operation unit for controlling the operation of the camera for human observation. There is another purpose to provide.

In addition, the present invention is provided with an image capture unit, an operation unit, a control unit, and a wireless transmission unit integrally to the camera body, and by wirelessly transmitting the image signal captured on the external image playback device, overcoming the spatial constraints human body camera system There is another purpose in providing it.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a camera system for observing a human body, further comprising a laser pointer for consultation on one side of the camera, to facilitate direct explanation or consultation with a patient or a customer.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the human body observation camera system consisting of a camera for observation and image playback device, comprising: a main body provided with a gripping portion and a power supply formed on one side of the outside; A head portion which is opened in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and coupled to the front side of the main body; A bent portion for bending and coupling the head portion and the main body at a predetermined angle; An imaging unit which is provided on the inner side of the head unit and the main body, and captures an inspection part of the human body; An operation unit provided at an appropriate position of the main body, the operation unit including a plurality of operation switches to control various operations of the camera; A control unit which controls the video signal photographed by the imaging unit and various operation signals of the operation unit; A wireless transmitter installed at one side of the main body and converting the video signal controlled by the controller into a wireless signal and transmitting the wireless signal to the outside; An image reproducing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving an image signal transmitted by a wireless transmitting unit and a memory unit for storing the received image signal.

Preferably, the bent portion is rotatably installed at a predetermined angle in the up, down, left and right directions.

Preferably, the power supply of the main body is electrically connected to the charger and the charger installed on one side of the inside, and consists of a charging terminal formed on the rear end of the main body.

Preferably, the laser pointer is further provided on any one side of the main body and the head.

Alternatively, the head part is rotatably installed about the shaft center on the front end side of the main body, and the connector is continuously mounted along the inner circumferential surface on the inner side of the rear end of the head part, whereby the head part rotates about the shaft center. Electrical connections to a plurality of light emitting diodes are made continuously.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the configuration of a human body observation camera according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the structure of the human body observation camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the camera system for observing a human body of the present invention includes an image capturing unit 100 for capturing a part to be inspected of a human body, an image signal photographed by the image capturing unit 100, and various manipulation signals. By the control unit 200, the camera for body observation consisting of a wireless transmission unit 300 for converting the image signal controlled by the control unit 200 to a wireless signal to transmit to the outside, and by the wireless transmitter 300 Receiving unit 410 for receiving the transmitted video signal and the memory unit 420 for storing the video signal received by the receiving unit 410, to the video playback device 400 to reproduce the stored video signal on the monitor (M) Is done.

As shown in Figure 2, the human body observation camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, the main body 10, the head 20, the imaging unit 30, the operation unit 42, the control unit 40, the bending unit 50, and a wireless transmitter 60.

The main body 10 is made of a handpiece type (handpiece type) that is easy to be gripped by the user, and a corrugated gripping portion 11 is formed on the outer side of the corrugated wave to facilitate slip prevention and more smooth gripping during treatment. Let's do it.

A charger 12 for supplying power to the camera of the present invention is installed on one side of the main body 10, and the charging of the charger 12 extends from the charger 12 to the rear end of the main body 10. It is made through the charging terminal (13). However, the present invention is not limited to the internal power charging method by the charger 12 described above, and may be configured to connect and use an external power source when necessary.

The head portion 20 is opened in the direction in which the front end thereof is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the rear end thereof is coupled to the front side of the main body 10.

The imaging unit 30 includes a prism 31 mounted on the open front end of the head 20 described above, and a lens group provided with a plurality of lenses at a predetermined magnification at the rear side of the prism 31 ( 32, an image pickup device 33 such as a CCD (charge-coupled device) arranged on the rear side of the lens group 32, and a prism mounted on the front end of the head portion 30; 31) and a plurality of ultra-thin light emitting diodes 34 mounted on the side periphery to irradiate light onto the portion to be inspected.

Due to the configuration of the imaging unit 30, the image is refracted at a predetermined angle by the prism 31 and the incident image is a lens in the state that the light source is irradiated on the portion to be inspected by the plurality of ultra-thin light emitting diodes 34, the lens After adjustment at a predetermined magnification through the group 32, it is picked up by the image pickup device 33 and converted into an electric video signal.

On the other hand, the above-described image magnification adjustment of the imaging unit 30 includes, for example, a configuration in which the lens group 32 is moved or a configuration in which the imaging device 33 is moved or the lens group 32 and the imaging device 33 are individually. As the configuration to be moved, any configuration may be used as long as the magnification adjustment of the image incident through the prism 31 and the lens group 32 of the imaging unit 30 is achieved.

The operation unit 42 is composed of a plurality of operation switches such as operation buttons or operation knobs to perform a function of controlling various operations of the camera.

The operation unit 42 is provided in the main body 10 where the user's operation is easy, and the control of the video signal, the power on / off operation, the on / off operation of the light emitting diode 34, the transmission of the wireless transmitter 60 Channel selection, wireless output frequency adjustment of the wireless transmitter 60 and the receiver 410 of the image reproducing apparatus 400, driving of the laser point 52 described later, and the image reproducing apparatus 400 by the wireless transmitter 60 Performs various operations of the medical camera of the present invention, such as wireless control of the receiver 410 of the present invention.

The control unit 40 is electrically connected to the image pickup device 33 and has an image processing unit 41 including an image processing circuit for signal-processing the image signal picked up by the image pickup device 33, and the operation unit 42 and a predetermined electric field. It consists of the operation processing part 43 provided with the operation processing circuit which controls the various operation signals of the operation part 42 by forming a contact point.

In addition, in some cases, the control unit 40 may be equipped with a program that can directly control the external image reproducing apparatus 400, in this case, various control signals through the wireless transmitter 60 to be described later I can send it.

The bent part 50 is bent at a predetermined angle, and the body 10 and the head part 20 are bent at a predetermined angle and combined by the bent part 50. This predetermined angle is to form an angle of about 135 degrees with the center line of the main body 10. The angle is not fixed, and may be appropriately selected within a range of 90 to 180 ° depending on the field of use of the camera.

Alternatively, the bent portion 50 may be configured to rotate freely within a certain degree of freedom in the vertical and horizontal directions using a corrugated pipe or a multiple hinge structure.

In addition, the laser pointer 52 is provided in place of the head part 20 or the main body 10 mentioned above, and it is easy to explain or consult directly with the image acquired from the camera. The operation of the laser pointer 52 is made by a laser operation button separately installed in the operation unit 42 described above.

The wireless transmitter 60 is mounted inside the rear of the main body 20, and after converting the video signal and the operation signal of the above-described control unit 40 into a signal suitable for wireless transmission through a predetermined process such as amplification and filtering, It consists of a wireless transmission circuit transmitted by an antenna. The radio transmitter 60 adopts a radio transmission scheme of approximately 2.4 GHz to enable reception of a radio signal even with a conventional radio receiver, and also allows multiple channels (2410 MHz, 2430 MHz, 2450 MHz, 2470 MHz, etc.) to be received. In some cases, the best channel may be selectively used. The video signal and the operation signal of the controller 40 are transmitted to the receiver 410 of the external image processing apparatus 400 through the wireless transmitter 60.

Preferably, the wireless transmitter 60 may be located at the rear side of the charger 12 disposed inside the main body 20 to prevent noise generated by the charger 12.

On the other hand, in addition to the camera configuration described above, the image reproducing apparatus 400, which is configured separately from the camera, is often provided from the receiver 410 for receiving the video signal and the operation signal transmitted through the wireless transmitter 60 of the camera and the camera described above. The memory unit 420 stores a video signal to be transmitted.

Alternatively, the above-described head portion 20 is installed on the front end side of the main body 10 to rotate about the shaft center, the power cable 35 for supplying power to the plurality of light emitting diodes 34 is the head The connector 21 provided on the rear end side of the portion 20 is separated from the starting point, and this connector 21 is provided on the inner side of the rear end of the head portion 20.

On the other hand, the connector 21 is installed on the inner surface of the rear end of the head portion 20 along the inner circumferentially spaced apart (that is, discontinuously installed), so as to rotate the head portion 20 at a predetermined angle. Only if the electrical connection of the connector 21 may be configured, also the connector 21 is continuously installed along the inner circumferential surface on the inner surface of the rear end of the head portion 20 to rotate the head portion 20 It may be configured such that electrical connection of the continuous connector 21 is made regardless of the angle.

With this configuration, when the head portion 20 rotates about the shaft center, the electrical connection of the separated cable 35 is caused by the connector 21 provided discontinuously or continuously along the inner circumferential surface of the head portion 20. It can be done continuously.

Due to the rotatable configuration of the head portion 20 and the configuration in which the electrical connection to the light emitting diodes 34 by the connector 21 is continuously performed, the user freely rotates the head portion 20 about the axis of the light emitting diode. Since light by (34) can be properly irradiated to the inspection part, the inspection part of the human body can be observed more accurately.

The schematic operation of the human body observation camera according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described.

First, when the camera according to the present invention is placed on the inspection target of the human body, the incident image refracted by the prism 31 at a predetermined angle is adjusted at a predetermined magnification through the lens group 32 to obtain the imaging device 33. Is converted into an electrical video signal.

The video signal acquired through the image pickup device 33 is then passed through the image processing unit 41 and the operation processing unit 43 of the control unit 40 to a suitable wireless signal by the wireless transmission unit 60 located at the rear side of the main body 20. It is converted and sent to the outside.

Each of the transmitted image signals is received through the receiving unit 410 of the image reproducing apparatus 400 existing outside the medical camera of the present invention, and then stored in the memory unit 420 to reproduce a clear image on the monitor M. do.

Here, by acquiring desirable video signals by the imaging unit 30, by operating a plurality of operation switches of the operation unit 42, the power on / off operation, the on / off operation of the LED light 34, the wireless transmitter 60 Various operations of the medical camera of the present invention, such as selection of a transmission channel, adjustment of the radio output frequency of the radio transmitter 60, driving of the laser point 52, and the like.

The present invention as described above, because the head structure and the bending structure rotatably installed around the shaft center is very easy to access the inspection target, the imaging operation is very free, resulting in a more improved image quality Excellent effect.

In addition, the present invention is provided with a memory in the image processing apparatus without a memory in the camera itself with a wireless method, the camera transmits only the image and stores the image in the memory of the image reproducing apparatus and the camera wirelessly manipulates this operation. By configuring to do so, the size of the camera can be reduced and large data can be managed.

In addition, according to the present invention, it can be easily applied to the existing PC-based video management equipment, and only by adjusting the output of the receiver can be used anywhere anywhere within the distance within which the wireless signal is reached. The effect can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, a laser pointer is further provided on the camera main body side, which facilitates explanation or consultation with a patient or a customer directly with an image acquired by the camera.

In the above, the present invention has been illustrated and described with respect to certain preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may vary without departing from the spirit of the technical idea of the present invention described in the claims below. It may be changed.

1 is a schematic view showing a human body observation camera system according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a human body observation camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view of a conventional human body observation camera.

Explanation of symbols on main parts of drawing

10: main body 20: head

30: imaging unit 40: control unit

50: bend portion 60: wireless transmission unit

Claims (5)

In the human body observation camera system consisting of a camera for observation and playback apparatus, A main body provided with a gripping portion and a power supply formed on an outer one side; A head portion whose front end is opened in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and coupled to the front side of the main body; A bent portion configured to bend and couple the head portion and the main body to a predetermined angle; An imaging unit which is provided on the inner side of the head unit and the main body, and captures an inspection part of the human body; An operation unit provided at an appropriate position of the main body, the operation unit including a plurality of operation switches to control various operations of the camera; A control unit which controls an image signal photographed by the imaging unit and various operation signals of the operation unit; A wireless transmitter installed at one side of the main body and converting an image signal controlled by the controller into a wireless signal and transmitting the wireless signal to the outside; An image reproducing apparatus comprising a receiving unit for receiving the image signal transmitted by the wireless transmitting unit and a memory unit for storing the received image signal; The bent portion is rotatably installed at a predetermined angle in up, down, left and right directions; The head portion is rotatably installed around the shaft center on the front end side of the main body, and the connector is continuously mounted along the inner circumferential surface on the inner surface of the rear end of the head portion, whereby the head portion rotates around the shaft core. The human body observation camera system, characterized in that the electrical connection to the plurality of light emitting diodes are made continuously. delete The method of claim 1, The power supply unit of the main body is electrically connected to the charger and the charger installed on one side of the inside, the human body observation camera system, characterized in that made of a charging terminal formed on the rear end of the main body. The method of claim 1, Human body observation camera system, characterized in that the laser pointer is further provided on any one side of the main body and the head. delete