ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,583, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Endoscope system with adaptive lighting control" was invented by Jonathan Bormet (Goleta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for producing adaptive lighting controls for an endoscope with multiple light emitting elements such as distinct light fibers, or distinct distal light emitting diodes (LEDs), etc. The amount of light delivered to the scene can be locally adjusted on a per-light basis to manage the dynamic range of the scene. For example highly reflective metallic tools many benefit from reduced light, w...