US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on July 29 for "Imaging system, endoscope system, camera unit, and scope of endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,775, issued on July 29, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Imaging system, endoscope system, camera unit, and scope of endoscope" was invented by Masato Osawa (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an imaging system, a camera unit and a control unit are connected via a source voltage line and an image signal line. The camera unit includes: a pixel array configured to generate an accumulation signal and a reset signal; a source voltage measuring circuit configured to output a voltage value (VDDA) indicating a second source voltage in the pixel array; a reference voltage generating circuit configured to...