US 11,954,906 B2
Endoscopic device, method for verifying an identity of a component of an endoscopic device, and computer program product
Thomas Hinding, Tuttlingen (DE)
Assigned to KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,793.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 132 454.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0180096 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G06K 7/12 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/00 (2022.01) [G02B 23/2438 (2013.01); G02B 23/2469 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); G06K 7/12 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); A61B 1/00059 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscopic device comprising:
a light source,
an optical fiber,
a camera, and
an endoscope having one or more optical elements, the camera being attached to the endoscope by a camera head, wherein at least one optical element of the one or more optical elements is a lens inside the endoscope and comprises an optical marking configured to allow verification of one or more of: an identity of the at least one optical element and of the endoscope, such that the each optical marking can be detected by the camera to verify one or more of: an identity, and a configuration of the endoscopic device, wherein:
the at least one optical element is arranged within a beam path, and
each optical marking is within the beam path.