CN102309309B - Portable otoscope with detachable screen - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a portable otoscope with a detachable screen, which comprises a light-emitting module, an image sensing module, a focal length adjusting module, a temperature sensing module, a display module, a transmission interface module, an image processing module, a storage module, a system processing module and a power supply module. The portable otoscope with the detachable screen can provide the functions of video recording, photographing and playing, wherein the transmission interface module is respectively connected with the display module and the image sensing module, so that the display module can be separated from the otoscope, and medical personnel can conveniently carry out examination.

Description

Portable otoscope with detachable screen

technical field

The invention relates to a medical device, in particular to a portable otoscope with a detachable screen.

Background technique

In recent years, diagnostic medical instruments and equipment have developed rapidly. Some, such as otolaryngology inspection, used naked vision or otoscope diagnosis by medical personnel in the early days, and progressed to the ability to capture images through a microscope lens for diagnosis. , and the images can be stored on the computer as medical record data. However, most of the endoscopes used in otolaryngology are connected to large-scale monitors with wires to display the images. Although large-scale monitors have the advantages of large screens and easy observation, There are also disadvantages such as being difficult to carry and move, and taking up space. Therefore, when medical personnel conduct inspections, patients must arrive at the monitor to the place where the diagnosis can be made, instead of carrying these endoscope medical instruments to the patient for inspection. If you have to go to other places for diagnosis and treatment in special situations, such as going to disaster areas or epidemic areas, etc., you must spend manpower and material resources to carry these medical instruments, causing inconvenience in movement, and if the transportation time is too long, it will easily delay the patient. The timing of medical treatment, and the risk of collision damage to medical instruments during handling.

China Taiwan New Patent No. M363293 discloses a "portable general-purpose ENT inspection endoscope" that can solve the above problems, but there are still some problems in use, such as the endoscope disclosed in No. M363293 , the display is fixed on the endoscope, that is, when operating the endoscope, medical personnel must move their bodies to achieve the best viewing angle, which is quite inconvenient in use.

Therefore, how to provide an ENT endoscope that is easy to carry, the screen can be placed in a convenient viewing position, and is easy to operate to assist medical personnel in inspection is an urgent problem to be solved.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a portable otoscope with a detachable screen, which is used to solve the problem of inconvenient use of the existing endoscope.

A portable otoscope with a detachable screen according to the present invention includes a hand-held part and an observation part, the hand-held part is provided with several function buttons, and also includes:

A light-emitting module, installed in the observation part, and includes at least one light-emitting component, used to generate light for illuminating the front;

An image sensing module installed in the observation part for generating an image signal;

a display module for displaying video signals;

A focal length adjustment module, connected to the image sensing module, used to control and adjust the focal length of the image sensing module;

A temperature sensing module, installed on the top front end of the observation part, is used to measure the temperature of a subject and generate a temperature measurement result;

A transmission interface module, connected to the display module and the image sensing module respectively, for transmitting the image signal generated by the image sensing module to the display module;

An image processing module, connected with the image sensing module, compresses the image signal into an image file, or decompresses the image file into the image signal, and can enlarge and display all or part of the image;

A storage module for storing image files and temperature measurement results;

A system processing module, which is connected with the image processing module, the storage module and the temperature sensing module, and is used to perform the video recording function, photographing function, playback function, temperature display function or focus adjustment function; and

A power supply module is installed in the hand-held part, and is connected with the above-mentioned modules to provide power.

Wherein, the transmission interface module is a USB interface, an IEEE1394 interface, an infrared transmission interface, a Bluetooth (Bluetooth) interface or a radio frequency interface.

Compared with the prior art, the portable otoscope with detachable screen of the present invention has the following technical effects:

When using it, the medical personnel only need to hold the hand-held part of the otoscope, and point the observation part of the otoscope towards the ear, nose or throat cavity to be examined. The light-emitting module in the observation part can provide auxiliary light source to make the image sensing The module can obtain images in the ear, nose or throat cavity, and the display module can be placed at the most convenient viewing position for medical personnel, and the image signal generated by the image sensing module can be transmitted through a transmission interface module, and then displayed on the display module For the image, since the transmission interface module can transmit the image signal in a wired or wireless manner, the medical personnel can separate the display module from the otoscope, and place the display module arbitrarily, so that the medical personnel can The best viewing angle to diagnose the conditions in the ear, nose or throat can increase the convenience.

In addition, the present invention also provides a video recording function, a photographing function, and a playback function, and has a storage space to store these films and photos, which can be used as medical record data. In addition, the present invention is more capable of measuring body temperature when it is applied to the ear cavity function.

Since the present invention is compact, easy to carry and use, has a detachable small display, and has the functions of video recording, photographing, playback, temperature display, and focus adjustment, medical personnel can easily carry the portable endoscope of the present invention to various places. It can be used for medical examinations in places, and it can be videotaped and photographed to make medical records, which can not only speed up the efficiency of medical examinations, but also increase the convenience of examinations.

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

1 is an overall schematic diagram of a portable otoscope with a detachable screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a portable otoscope with a detachable screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference signs: 1-portable otoscope with detachable screen; 11-hand-held part; 12-observation part; 121-camera hole; 21-light-emitting module; 22-display module; 23-image sensing module; 24 - image processing module; 25 - storage module; 26 - system processing module; 27 - power supply module; 28 - function button; 29 - transmission interface module; 30 - focus adjustment module; 31 - temperature sensing module.

Detailed ways

Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the portable otoscope with a detachable screen of the present invention, as shown in Fig. 1, the portable otoscope 1 with a detachable screen has a handle 11 and an observation part 12 , the hand-held portion 11 is for the user to hold, and several function buttons 28 are arranged on it, and these function buttons 28 are located at the position that the user can easily press after holding. For example, the function buttons 28 can include a video button, a photo button, play button, power button, temperature display button, focus adjustment button, etc., the present invention does not limit the button type; one end of the observation part 12 has a camera hole 121; the portable otoscope 1 with a detachable screen includes: A light emitting module 21, a display module 22, an image sensing module 23, an image processing module 24, a storage module 25, a system processing module 26, a power supply module 27, a transmission interface module 29, a focus adjustment module 30 and a temperature sensing module 31 .

Fig. 2 shows the overall structure of the portable otoscope 1 with detachable screen of the present invention, wherein:

The light-emitting module 21 is installed in the observation part 12 and includes at least one light-emitting component for generating light to illuminate the front through the imaging hole 121 of the observation part 12. The light-emitting component can be a light-emitting diode (LED) or an organic light-emitting component. Diode (OLED), white LED or white OLED can be selected to provide white light source.

The image sensing module 23 is installed in the observation part 12, and obtains an image through the imaging hole 121 of the observation part 12 to generate an image signal. The image sensing module 23 can be a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) or a charge-coupled device (CCD).

The display module 22 is used for displaying image signals, and the display module 22 can be a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a plasma display or a cathode ray tube (CRT) display.

The transmission interface module 29 is connected with the display module 22 and the image sensing module 23 respectively, in order to transmit the image signal from the image sensing module 23 to the display module 22, and the transmission interface module 29 can be a USB interface, an IEEE1394 interface, and utilize USB line, IEEE1394 line to connect and transmit, or can be infrared transmission interface, Bluetooth (Bluetooth) interface or radio frequency (radio frequency, RF) interface and other wireless transmission methods for transmission.

The image processing module 24 is connected with the image sensing module 23, which can compress the image signal into an image file, or decompress the image file into an image signal, and can display the image in full (all) or partial enlargement;

The storage module 25 can store the aforementioned image files, and the storage module 25 can be an SD card, a CS card, an MS card, a hard disk or a writable optical disk.

The focus adjustment module 30 is connected to the image sensing module 23, and is used to control and adjust the focus of the image sensing module 23. The focus adjustment module 30 can be a ring-type adjustment member, which is rotatably installed on the front end of the observation part 12, so as to facilitate medical care. Personnel adjust the focus of the image sensing module 23 in a rotating manner; the focus adjustment module 30 can also be a button, which can be set at the position of the function button 28, and adjust the focus of the image sensing module 23 by pressing ; Of course, the focus adjustment module 30 can also automatically focus to provide clear images for medical staff to conduct diagnosis.

The temperature sensing module 31 is mounted on the top front end of the observation part 12, for example, around the imaging hole 121 of the observation part 12. When the medical personnel perform ear cavity diagnosis, the imaging hole 121 will enter the ear cavity for observation to obtain images. At this time, the temperature sensing module 31 can be used together for temperature measurement to generate a temperature measurement result, and the temperature measurement result can be stored in the storage module 25 .

The system processing module 26 is connected with the image processing module 24, the storage module 25 and the temperature sensing module 31, and executes a video recording function, a photographing function, a playback function, a temperature display function or a focus adjustment function according to the function button 28 . Wherein, the recording function or the photographing function is realized by the image processing module 24, that is, the image processing module 24 compresses the image signal into an image file, and stores the image file in the storage module 25, and the playback function is also realized by the image processing module 24, that is, the image The processing module 24 decompresses the image file in the storage module 25 into an image signal, and uses the display module 22 to display the image signal. The temperature display function includes: displaying the temperature measurement results of the array in the storage module 25 as a graph or according to the date and time The group display of high and low temperature arrays, or directly display the temperature measurement result generated by the temperature sensing module 31 .

The power supply module 28 is installed in the hand-held part 11, and is connected with the above-mentioned modules to provide power. The battery module 28 can be a dry battery or a rechargeable battery.

The present invention mainly uses the hand-held part 11 of the portable otoscope 1 with a detachable screen to be held by the medical staff, and the imaging hole 121 of the observation part 12 is inserted into the cavity of the patient to be examined for diagnosis. The light source is provided by the light-emitting component on the light-emitting module 21, so that the image sensing module 23 can obtain the image in the cavity, further generate an image signal, and transmit the signal to the display module 22 for display through the transmission interface module 29, and transmit The interface module 29 can be in a wired or wireless form, so medical personnel can easily place the display module 22 at a convenient viewing position for diagnosis, and then perform functions such as video recording and photographing by pressing the function button 28, and The image files are stored in the storage module 25 for future use; and if the cavity of the medical staff is an ear, the temperature sensing module 31 can be used to measure the patient's body temperature, and multiple temperature measurements can be recorded results for further analysis.

Although the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art based on the principle of the present invention. Therefore, any modifications made according to the principles of the present invention should be understood as falling within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. the portable auriscope of the removable screen of tool comprises that one is provided with Handheld Division and an observation portion of several functional keyss, also comprises:

One light emitting module is installed in the observation portion, and comprises at least one luminescence component, in order to produce the light in illumination the place ahead;

One image sensing module is installed in the observation portion, for generation of an image signal;

One display module is used for the show image signal;

One focal length adjusting module connects image sensing module, is used for the focal length that image sensing module is adjusted in control;

One temperature sensing module is installed in observation portion top front end, is used for measuring the temperature of a testee, produces a measuring temp result;

One coffret module is connected with display module and image sensing module respectively, is used for the image signal that image sensing module produces is sent to display module;

One image processing module is connected with image sensing module, and image signal is compressed into an image file, maybe this image file decompress(ion) is condensed to this image signal, and can do all or local enlargement display image;

One storage module is used for storing image file and measuring temp result;

One system handles module is connected with image processing module, storage module and temperature sensing module, is used for carrying out recording function, camera function, playing function, temperature display function or focal length according to functional keys and adjusts function; And

One power module is installed in the Handheld Division, is connected with above-mentioned each module and electric power is provided, and wherein, display module can separate with portable auriscope, and display module can be put arbitrarily and the show image signal.

2. auriscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the coffret module is USB interface or IEEE1394 interface.

3. auriscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the coffret module is infrared transmission interface, blue tooth interface or radio frequency interface.

4. auriscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein, luminescence component is a light emitting diode (LED) or an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED).

5. auriscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein, display module is one of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a plasma display panel or a cathode ray tube (CRT) display.

6. auriscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein, image sensing module is complementary metal oxide quasiconductor (CMOS) or Charged Coupled Device (CCD).

7. auriscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein, storage module is one of SD card, CS card, MS card, hard disk or recordable optical disk.

8. auriscope as claimed in claim 1 wherein, is realized recording function or camera function by using image processing module, and wherein image processing module is image signal boil down to image file, and image file is stored in the storage module.

9. auriscope as claimed in claim 1 wherein, is realized playing function by using image processing module, and image processing module is condensed to image signal with the image file decompress(ion) in the storage module, and uses display module show image signal.

10. auriscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein, temperature display function comprises: array measuring temp result in the storage module done curvilinear style group pictorialization or that arrange according to high low temperature of time on date shows, or this measuring temp result of direct displays temperature sensing module generation.

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