Endoscope with high definition video recorder/player

摘要

Apparatus includes an endoscope including a high definition video camera, and a host processor, which is configured to receive video data encapsulated in a standard definition transmission format, and to store the encapsulated video data in a memory. The apparatus further includes a data converter, which is configured to receive high definition video data originating from an image captured by the high definition video camera as a sequence of packets and to encapsulate the sequence of packets in the standard definition transmission format. The data converter is also configured to convey the encapsulated packets to the host processor so that the host processor stores the packets in the memory.

主权项

1. Apparatus, comprising:
an endoscope comprising a high definition video camera; a host processor, which is configured to receive video data encapsulated in a standard definition transmission format, and to store the encapsulated video data in a memory; a data converter, which is configured:
to receive high definition video data originating from an image captured by the high definition video camera as a sequence of packets,to encapsulate the sequence of packets in the standard definition transmission format, and to convey the encapsulated packets to the host processor so that the host processor stores the packets in the memory; and a codec which is configured to compress the high definition video data as the sequence of packets, and to convert the sequence of packets to video data in a high definition transmission format, wherein the codec is configured to receive the sequence of packets from the data converter, and to convert the sequence of packets to video data in a high definition transmission format suitable for a screen displaying high definition video.