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US 12,635,851 · App. 18/555,414 · Granted May 26, 2026

Mobile autoscope system

Inventors: Jae Youn Hwang (Daegu, KR); Thiago Coutinho Cavalcanti (Recife, BR); Hah Min Lew (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Jae Youn Hwang
A61B1/00105A61B1/00016A61B1/0016A61B1/0638A61B1/0646A61B1/0684A61B1/07A61B1/227A61B1/32
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Patent No.
US 12,635,851
App. No.
18/555,414
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile autoscope system including: a user terminal device including a camera configured to capture an image of a capture target; and a mobile autoscope detachably mounted on the user terminal device, and configured to emit each of spectral light, ultraviolet (UV) light, or white light to the capture target, wherein the user terminal device is configured to capture the capture target during the emission of spectral light, UV light, or white light to generate a spectral image, a UV excitation fluorescence image, or a three-dimensional (3D) shape image.

Claims (36)

1 . A mobile autoscope system comprising:

a user terminal device including a camera configured to capture an image of a capture target; and

a mobile autoscope detachably mounted on the user terminal device, and configured to emit each of spectral light, ultraviolet (UV) light, and white light to the capture target,

wherein the user terminal device is configured to capture the capture target during the emission of spectral light, UV light, and white light to generate a spectral image, a UV excitation fluorescence image, and a three-dimensional (3D) shape image, and

wherein the mobile autoscope further includes:

a housing having a handle area which is able to be gripped by a user,

a gripping member configured to selectively adjusting a distance between the mobile autoscope and the user terminal device by adjusting a distance between plurality of protruding members, and

a motor configured to control the distance between the plurality of protruding members.

2 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile autoscope includes

a probe configured to be in contact with the capture target;

a plurality of lenses disposed between a tip of the probe and the user terminal device, and configured to concentrate light outside the probe on the camera;

a lighting module including a spectral light source, a UV light source, and a white light source; and

an optical fiber configured to transmit light emitted from the spectral light source or the UV light source to the tip of the probe.

3 . The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the mobile autoscope further includes

a button receiving a capture command for a target object; and

a communication device configured to transmit the received capture command to the user terminal device.

4 . The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the mobile autoscope further includes a communication device configured to receive a capture command from the user terminal device, and

the mobile autoscope is configured to control the lighting module to sequentially emit spectral light, UV light, and white light in case that the capture command is received from the user terminal device.

5 . The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the UV light source includes a UV light emitting diode (LED) emitting light in a UV band, and

the mobile autoscope further includes

a first optical filter configured to bandpass filter light emitted from the UV LED, and provide filtered light to the optical fiber, and

a second optical filter configured to filter fluorescence light generated by the UV LED and transmit filtered fluorescence light to the camera.

6 . The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the spectral light source includes a plurality of narrowband LEDs having different center wavelengths.

7 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user terminal device is configured to display the plurality of images of different light sources.

8 . The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user terminal device is configured to transmit the generated plurality of images to an external server in case that the plurality of images of different light sources are generated, and

display evaluation information in case that the evaluation information on the plurality of images is received from the external server.

9 . A mobile autoscope system comprising:

a user terminal device including a camera configured to capture an image of a capture target; and

a mobile autoscope detachably mounted on the user terminal device, and configured to emit each of spectral light, ultraviolet (UV) light, and white light to the capture target,

wherein the user terminal device is configured to capture the capture target during the emission of spectral light, UV light, and white light to generate a spectral image, a UV excitation fluorescence image, and a three-dimensional (3D) shape image,

wherein the mobile autoscope includes

a probe configured to be in contact with the capture target;

a plurality of lenses disposed between a tip of the probe and the user terminal device, and configured to concentrate light outside the probe on the camera;

a lighting module including a spectral light source, a UV light source, and a white light source; and

an optical fiber configured to transmit light emitted from the spectral light source or the UV light source to the tip of the probe, and

wherein the white light source includes a plurality of white LEDs disposed at the tip of the probe.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2026
From: HWANG, JAE YOUN
To: MEDIHOLO INC.
Reel/Frame 075614/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: COUTINHO CAVALCANTI, THIAGO; LEW, HAH MIN
To: HWANG, JAE YOUN
Reel/Frame 065214/0558 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0049885 · Apr 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240197152A1 · Jun 20, 2024
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