Camera scope electronic variable prism
View Patent ↗A system, apparatus and methods for providing a scope having an imaging sensor which provides a two thousand pixel by two thousand pixel array of pixels. The imaging sensor allows for an angle of view to be changed within a field of view by selecting a one thousand pixel by one thousand pixel array within the two thousand pixel by two thousand pixel array of pixels containing imaging data that corresponds to a desired angle of view.
1. A system comprising:
a scope including a prism located at a distal end of the scope;
a hand piece;
an imaging sensor, the imaging sensor including an array of pixels;
interface elements which, when actuated, cause an angle of view provided by the prism to be changed in an image readout frame; and
image acquisition and processing circuitry that receives an indication from one or more of the interface elements to change an angle of view provided by the prism;
wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry identifies a sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels that corresponds to the indicated angle of view and receives imaging data from only the sub-array of pixels corresponding to the indicated angle of view and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the prism is a 50° prism.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the angle of view may be changed to a 30° angle of view.
4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the angle of view may be changed to a 70° angle of view.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the angle of view provided by the prism is changed to a second angle of view, the image acquisition and processing circuitry identifies a second sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels that corresponds to the second angle of view and receives imaging data from the second sub-array of pixels corresponding to the second angle of view and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the prism is rotatable.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the sub-array of pixels corresponds to the indicated angle of view for the prism at a first position.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry detects that the prism has been rotated from a first position to a second position and, in response, identifies a second sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels and receives imaging data from the second sub-array of pixels corresponding to the indicated angle of view for the prism at the second position and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a notch which is displayed on a display device along with information retrieved from the imaging sensor.
10. A scope, comprising:
a prism disposed in a distal tip of the scope;
a hand piece;
an imaging sensor, the imaging sensor including an array of pixels;
interface elements which, when actuated, cause an angle of view provided by the prism to be changed in an image readout frame; and
image acquisition and processing circuitry that receives an indication from one or more of the interface elements to change an angle of view provided by the prism;
wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry identifies a sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels that corresponds to the indicated angle of view and receives imaging data from only the sub-array of pixels corresponding to the indicated angle of view and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
11. The scope of claim 10 , wherein the prism is a 50° prism.
12. The scope of claim 10 , wherein the angle of view is 50°.
13. The scope of claim 10 , wherein the angle of view is 30°.
14. The scope of claim 10 , wherein the angle of view is 70°.
15. The scope of claim 10 , wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry identifies a sub-array of pixels within the that corresponds to a 50° angle of view and receives imaging data from the sub-array of pixels corresponding to the 50° angle of view and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
16. The scope of claim 15 , wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry detects a rotation of the prism from a first position to a second position and, in response, identifies a second sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels and receives imaging data from the second sub-array of pixels corresponding to the 50° angle of view for the prism at the second position and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
17. The scope of claim 10 , wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry identifies a sub-array of pixels within the array of pixels that corresponds to a 30° angle of view and receives imaging data from the sub-array of pixels corresponding to the 30° angle of view and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
18. The scope of claim 17 wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry detects a rotation of the prism from a first position to a second position and, in response, identifies a second sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels and receives imaging data from the second sub-array of pixels corresponding to the 30° angle of view for the prism at the second position and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
19. The scope of claim 10 , wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry identifies a sub-array of pixels within the array of pixels that corresponds to a 70° angle of view and receives imaging data from the sub-array of pixels corresponding to the 70° angle of view and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
20. The scope of claim 19 wherein the image acquisition and processing circuitry detects a rotation of the prism from a first position to a second position and, in response, identifies a second sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels and receives imaging data from the second sub-array of pixels corresponding to the 70° angle of view for the prism at the second position and generates an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.
21. A method, comprising
providing a scope having a prism in a distal tip of the scope and having one or more interface elements;
receiving an indication, by a processor and from one or more of the one or more interface elements, to change an angle of view provided by the prism in the distal tip of the scope;
identifying, by a processor, a sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels that corresponds to the indicated angle of view;
receiving, by the processor, imaging data from only the sub-array of pixels corresponding to the indicated angle of view; and
generating an image from the image data for display on a display device.
22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising exposing the sub-array of pixels corresponding to the indicated angle of view.
23. The method of claim 21 , wherein the array of pixels provides a 4K imaging sensor.
24. The method of claim 21 , wherein the angle of view is changed from 50° to 30°.
25. The method of claim 21 , wherein the angle of view is changed from 50° to 70°.
26. The method of claim 21 , wherein the angle of view is changed from 30° to 70°.
27. The method of claim 21 , wherein the angle of view is changed from 30° to 50°.
28. The method of claim 21 , wherein the angle of view is changed from 70° to 50°.
29. The method of claim 21 , wherein the angle of view is changed from 70° to 30°.
30. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
receiving, by a processor, an indication of rotation of the prism in the distal tip of the scope from a first position to a second position and, in response, identifying, by a processor, a second sub-array of pixels in the array of pixels corresponding to the indicated angle of view for the prism at the second position;
receiving imaging data from the second sub-array of pixels corresponding to the indicated angle of view for the prism at the second position; and
generating an image from the imaging data for display on a display device.