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Great ride report and pics.
Do you remember the exact date you were in Dawson? Which campground did you guys use? On the 18th of June there were more bikes than RV's in town.
What tire pressures were you guys running on the Dempster? The Beamers flats = punctures or pinches?
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Koach. We stayed at the downtown Hotel on Friday June 13th, and then went to Chicken the next day. There were not a lot of bikes around when we were there, but I saw a lot on the highway heading south the next week. I guess there was a Goldwing rally in Whitehorse, because I saw Goldwings riding in packs non-stop.
I pressured down my tires to 22 or 24 psi on the back and about 18 in the front. I know the GS was pressured down a little as well, but I am not sure how much. I know the first flat was a puncture for sure, and we suspect the second one was a pinched tube, but you never know with that shale. He changed the tire from the Gripster to a Metzler Enduro 3 (which was bald by the time it got back home), just to make sure there were no more surprises stuck in the tire (you could not see the shale that shredded the tube, we found it by poking a screwdriver in a cut in the tire)
I think speed was one of our downfalls, as we were cruising pretty fast on the way out when we got the first flat (which is asking for trouble on that road).
What is the recommended pressure for running on these kind of roads? I was just making a guess, and with the load I was carrying, I did not want to go too low.
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With the flood of informative articles, videos and social networking sites available on the internet in recent years, many people have been wary of the consequences of such a technologically saturated culture. Now Orthodox Jewish organizers in the group, Union of the Communities for the Purity of the Camp, have also taken a stance on the perils and pitfalls of the internet.
The New York Post states that about 60,000 Orthodox men attended a gathering held at Citi Field and Arthur Ashe field in New York on Sunday to discuss the dangers of the internet. Speakers at the event cited pornography and gambling as central issues of internet use, but another theme that was central to the event was the idea that social media takes away time for reflection, prayer and responsibility in the community. Sites such as Facebook were also viewed as temptations for fulfilling and replenishing unwanted human desires.
The packed stadiums were filled with men only. Women were able to watch the event on live broadcast in Orthodox neighborhoods. Many of the sermons focused on getting youth to discard Facebook profiles and other social media outlets in an attempt to live a purer life. Male high school students were admitted to the event for free, a sure sign that this part of the population is often the most active on social media outlets.
The event cost around $1.5 million to put together and tickets were even sold online, but Orthodox Jewish leaders are not the only ones arguing that excessive internet use can damage the mind and body. An NPR interview with Clay Johnson, author of the book "The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption" argues that constant clicking and searching on sites such as Google can cause serious mental and emotional damage to individuals.
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Can't believe these statements from guys who seem so advanced in life.
Lets see, the internet has only been around for a couple of decades and it has gone such a long way towards connecting people; yet religion has been around for centuries and seems to do nothing but destroy and suppress.
Lets see, the internet has only been around for a couple of decades and it has gone such a long way towards connecting people; yet religion has been around for centuries and seems to do nothing but destroy and suppress.
Thank you John D, I will try to put your practical advise to work, what I understand with regard to anti semitic is that it is a definition of hate towards Jews, a definition given by a German writer with a pertinent meaning of hate towards the the race of Jews, a couple of interesting points is semitic, as in the original meaning had a broader meaning, in as much as it related to a wide area of the Middle East, pertaining to Arabs as well, this current use became political as used by German writers in the 18th century, the alarming aspect of brain conditioning, is if one uses fact or historical circumstance as a critique pertaining to say in this case the Jews, we are no longer able to use language in a democratic sense as the meaning now becomes other than what is implied, as being regarded as inflammatory, it is noted my inclusion is not exclusive to the Jews, rather it is a critique on the general situation of the World today, in the last century I estimate approximately 100 million people were killed or died soon after WW2, and as a result of wounds incured, I am not sure how many have died through persecution in this time, I would estimate double that figure, it is noted anti semitism has now become the propaganda and definition reserved for the Jews, interesting enough if one criticizes any other group or culture as such, their is no name for this.
A history on the Versailles Treaty, indicates the terms and conditions were so severe and oppressive towards the German P
GOODNESS! I agree with John! How primitive are all religions. Misogynistic, controlling and backward! Whoever invented religion was very cunning and knew fear and ostracism are great controllers giving great wealth and power. BTW, you only find pornography on the internet if you search for it so, don't search already. As for the weird dress, silly really and I also liked the comment that the internet is so terrible and yet that's how they sold tickets?????
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Stick your anti-semitic crap where the sun doesn't shine and crawl back under the rock you slithered out from under.
Trudi, point taken on Newton, certainly a connection with the Jewish culture, apparently not by blood, Hitler was part Jewish, and the WW2 was financed in part by the Jews, the sacrificial pawns of the Jews, by the Jewish Elite, to gain World sympathy for the possession of Palestine, primarily colluded by the British Government and Rothschilds, the British required a group beholden to Britain to maintain power on oil reserves in Arab hands, and the Suez Canal and to keep a power base in the Middle East, and what is in it for the Jews? to obtain real estate and a symbolic connection with the area now called Israel.
Not only did the Jews desire to patent God for the Jews, but as Walsh the author of "The Climax of Civilization" outlines in his book the controlling power is with money, so the Jews had the monopoly on the franchise of the spiritual World and the material World, this idea not only spread in its corruptive legacy and practice by the Jews, but rapidly become the World currency of all Nations, in particular the British, Britain having the correct natural resources for industrialization became a ally of the Jews having a similar ideology of power hunger, and World domination.
As you are no doubt well aware the 1947 massacre of Arabs by Jews, the weapons used as a terrorist act, are supplied by the British.
They just don't want their children to think for themselves. Their children might actually start to question a lot of things that they have been taught. The Catholic Church has done the same thing repeatedly and you know how well that turned out.
How does the report of a group of people who "..attended a gathering to discuss the dangers of the internet" in the story become "..gathers to protest the internet" in the headline? More catchy and inflammatory, I suspect.
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Company makes their own Pantone System??Is this advisable? The company created their own "pantone" formulas to use company wide in order to get consistent printing throughout their many offices. The idea sounds good, except when clients provide specific Pantone (universally accepted) spot colors and things have to be converted to the company's generic "pantone" formulas. Things get lost in the shuffle and blacks turn blu-ish/purple and teals baby blue.
Any knowledge on this would be greatly appreciated!Reality is for people who lack imagination, or so i tell my husband.Tags: None
is the company a printer or a client?
The point of the pantone system is supposed to be to provide the consistency that the company is looking for... I realize that there can be slight variations in color between print runs, but I would think that since pantone is such a widely recognized standard, they would really be better off using recognized pantone formulas.
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the company is the one i work for. they do tradeshows and conventions and have many inhouse print shops across the nation. this was their solution for outputting consistent color company wide. has anyone heard of a company doing this?Reality is for people who lack imagination, or so i tell my husband.
Originally posted by aseversonthis was their solution for outputting consistent color company wide. has anyone heard of a company doing this?
Regardless of whether you are using a custom color system or Pantone's system you are still going to get some variations in your final colors. You are not going to get exact colors across the board. There are too many variables (i.e. different presses at each location, different press operators, different environments in terms of temperature and humidity which might affect your paper).
I would say that unless you have identical setups in every location including: color calibration, brands of inks, etc., your companies "custom" colors isn't going to work any better than Pantone. Besides, you are adding extra man-hours to convert from the customers Pantone choices to your companies specific choices.
Sticking with Pantone is definately a better way to go.You want it when!? Well in that case, let me pull my magic wand out of my ass and take care of that for you.
When I worked at my old print shop, we actually had our own color guide that was specifically calibrated to our machines. Its not rare to see this in shops. We also had PMS books of course, but when we needed to match to that we color corrected in the rip. We also did nothing but large format stuff, so no, its not that abnormal.Our great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately controlled. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of small groups of men. - Woodrow Wilson
thanks so much for your input everyone. to be safe, i think i will continue to use the universal pantone system but specify files must be converted to company profiles before outputting to any of our company machines. therefore, when things are printed through outsourcing, the profiles will still match the universal system and client-specified colors.
or else i will always request cmyk values from the client and just use those instead.
happy new year everyone!Reality is for people who lack imagination, or so i tell my husband.
I think it's a wonderful idea. Like we prepress people don't have enuf stuff to wallow through! Now we have a company that is going to tell me to change the way I've been doing things for EVER. Why oh why is my hair grey (that's Pantone 442)?
Change is good. So is hitting your thumb with a hammer (Pantone 268). Or stapling your finger to the roof (Pantone 185).People tell me "Have a Good One!' Hell, I already have a good one, I just need a BIGGER one! - George Carlin
Seems fine if you live in a bubble, but what happens when they do ned to go outside to another vendor. it's like if we all invented our own language, sure we can all talk amongst ourselves but not to anyone else until we read through the freakin translation book a few times.
Thats normal for a print shop, especially with large format like you said it was for, they will have their own chart that usually matches really good to a pms color. Their production artists will normally be doing changes to the files so you should just make sure you are letting them know which pantone colors go where and just use the pms swatches and they will make changes as needed. Especially if they are changing media, inks, etc. it will always change
We call it 'charting' and it is normal. Especially for large format.
If you aren't going to use their specified charted colors, you could cause some grief if the standard pantone you select is out of gamut for their machines (happens every day here!). Your best option would be to request a chart, if there is one, and select your colors from that.


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In a disappointing report from boxingscene.com, Marco Huck will defend his WBO cruiserweight title 30-year-old Argentina native Hugo Hernan Garay on July 16 in Germany.
Garay (34-5 18 KO) is a former champion at 175 pounds, where he briefly held the WBA light heavyweight title in 2008, only defending it one time against Juergen Braehmer in the best win of his career.
He lost the title to Gabriel Campillo, more on him later, and was knocked out in one by Chris Henry in his next fight. Since then he has moved up to cruiserweight and has won two fights against nobodies.
This will be the fourth time Garay has went to Germany to fight, where he is 1-2. He lost two close fights to Zsolt Erdei and won against the aforementioned Braehmer.
Huck (32-1 23 KO) is taking a rather disappointing step back after fighting, and barely beating, Denis Lebedev in 2010. Since then he beat replacement fighter Ray Nakash over 12 rounds.
It appeared that Huck was going to be taking better fights but this is far from it. Garay wasn't that great at 175 and he doesn't appear to be anywhere near that level. This should be a easy fight for Huck.
Robert Helenius-Sergi Liakhovich in talks.
Sauerland Promotions is reporting that Helenius and Liakhovich are in talks, but the fight is not done. Sauerland General Manger Chris Myers said they are negotiating with Liakhovich, but had nothing else to say.
This would be an interesting fight as Helenius (15-0 10 KO) made some waves when he knocked out former IBF heavyweight champion Sam Peter in April of this year.
Liakhovich (25-3 26 KO) won the WBO title from Lamon Brewster in 2006, lost it in his next fight to Shannon Briggs, and hasn't done much since. He is 2-1 since the Briggs loss, losing to Nikolay Valuev, and beating Evans Quinn, and Jeremy Bates.
Nothing to exciting there but it would be another name win for Helenius who is quickly becoming one of the best heavyweight prospects.
Boxrec.com has another fight for Helenius against the dangerous TBA on June 25, which is very close to the proposed July 16 date for a Liakhovich fight.
This fight would take place on the Huck-Garay undercard.
Karo Murat-Gabriel Campillo could happen.
Pedro Garcia of boxeodirecto.com says that IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight champion Karo Murat (24-1 14 KO) will fight Spaniard and former light heavyweight champion Gabriel Campillo.
Rimer Boxe in Spain will try to stage the fight in Madrid in September. Campillo (21-3 8 KO)may take a tune up on July 8 in Barcelona.


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Oligomeric Structure and the Role of Disulfide Bonds. The dashed black line indicates the elution profile of the column calibration protein mix A (left to right: ferritin, conalbumin, carbonic anhydrase and ribonuclease A). The MaMsvR monomer is 29.2 kDa. (a) The elution profile for non-reduced MaMsvR (0.65 mg loaded) is indicated by the solid black chromatogram trace. Inset is an SDS-PAGE of MaMsvR fractions collected during the gel filtration run (a-f). (b) The elution profile for reduced (0.84 mg with 2 mM β-ME in the elution buffer) MaMsvR is indicated by the solid black chromatogram trace. Inset is an SDS-PAGE of MaMsvR fractions collected during the gel filtration run (a-d). (c) Immunoblot of an SDS –PAGE gel probed with a Strep-tag antibody where MaMsvR was prepared and subjected to electrophoresis (1 pmol each protein) in non-reducing SDS-PAGE sample buffer (N) and reducing (R) SDS-PAGE sample buffer on a 15% Tris-Glycine gel (no SDS). A reduced and boiled sample of MaMsvR is shown as a control (RB). The monomer is designated by M, whereas D and T indicate bands corresponding to a possible dimer and tetramer, respectively. (d) EMSA performed with Ma PmsvR and native MaMsvR and three C to A variants of MaMsvR. The control DNA only lane is indicated by a (-). The (+) lanes contain the indicated MaMsvR variant in the absence of any reducing agent. The (R) lanes contain the indicated MaMsvR variant and 5 mM DTT as a reducing agent.
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3. In a bowl combine ½ cup raisins, rice, 14 cups of onion and a tsp of salt.
4. Leaving the outer large leaves, place about 2 tbsp of mixture on each cabbage leaf and roll it properly.
5. Chop the remaining cabbage leaves, and arrange it over the bottom of casserole.
6. Place the stuffed cabbage over the top of casserole such that its seam turns downside.
7. In a bowl, add onion, remaining raisins, salt, lemon juice, tomato sauce, one cup water, ginger snaps and brown sugar.
8. Spoon this sauce over the stuffed cabbage and wrap it with plastic.
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An automatic signal level control for use in a video system using a solid state imager capable of integrating pulsed light images of a target imaged thereon. An automatic gain control is used to adjust the gain of a variable gain amplifier in the output circuit of the image sensor. A strobe lamp is used to illuminate the target during each imaging sequence. The feedback signal to the amplifier is compared to an upper and lower threshold and, in response thereto, the number of pulses generated during each illumination sequence are adjusted to maintain the video signal levels within a desired operating range.
1. An automatic signal level control for use in a video system wherein a solid state image sensor records light images of a remote target and provides video signals indicative of the target information that includes
a variable gain amplifier for adjusting the level of the video signal delivered to the video processor,
an automatic gain control circuit for sensing the level of the video signal output of the amplifier and providing a feedback signal to the amplifier for maintaining the level of the said video signal within an optimum range,
a strobe lamp for illuminating a target within the viewing range of the sensor, said lamp having a programmable lamp drive for adjusting the pulse rate of the lamp to control the amount of illumination falling on the target during each imaging sequence,
a comparator means for sensing the level of the feedback signal in the gain control circuit and providing a first output signal when the gain level falls below a lower threshold level and a second output signal when the gain level rises above an upper threshold level, and
control means responsive to the comparator means output for programming the lamp drive to increase the pulse rate when the gain exceeds the upper threshold level and to decrease the pulse rate when the gain falls below the lower threshold level whereby the video signal level is maintained within the desired optimum range.
2. The signal level control of claim 1 wherein said comparator means includes a first comparator that changes its output state when the feedback level reaches the upper threshold level and a second comparator that is arranged to change its output state when the feedback level reaches the lower threshold level.
3. The signal level control of claim 2 that further includes a counter means for coupling a pulse generator in the lamp drive to said first and second comparators, said counter being responsive to the output of said comparators to increase the number of illumination pulses in steps of one so long as the first comparator is in its charged state and to decrease the number of illumination pulses in steps of one so long as the second comparator is in its charged state.
4. The signal level control of claim 3 that further includes a video sequencer for enabling the counter at the start of the illumination period within each video field.
5. The signal level control of claim 1 wherein the image sensor is a charge coupled device that integrates the light images recorded thereon, and the comparator means is set to reduce the pulse rate of the generator before the image sensor is saturated with illumination.
6. The signal level control of claim 1 that further includes a fiber optic bundle for transmitting light from the lamp to the target.
7. The signal level control of claim 3 that includes a control means associated with the counter for setting a maximum and a minimum count into the counter.
8. A method of controlling a video signal level that includes the steps of
providing a solid state image sensor for integrating light images of a target recorded thereon and providing a video signal of the recorded image data,
illuminating the target with a series of light pulses during each imaging sequence,
passing the video output signals from the imager through a variable gain amplifier,
controlling the gain of the amplifier to maintain signal level of the video output thereof within a given range,
changing the number of light pulses from the lamp during each illumination sequence when the gain of the amplifier falls above or below the given range.
9. The method of claim 8 including the further step of adjusting the lower limit of said range so that the number of pulses are decreased before the image sensor is saturated with light.
10. The method of claim 8 that further includes the step of enabling and disabling the lamp drive during each imaging sequence so that a light image of the target is recorded by the image sensor during each video field.
11. The method of claim 8 that includes the further step of transmitting light from the lamp to the target by a fiber bundle.
12. The method of claim 11 that includes the further step of mounting both the fiber bundle and the image sensor in the distal end of an endoscopic insertion tube.
This invention relates to an endoscope that is equipped with a video readout for providing television pictures of a remote target and, in particular, to an automatic signal level control for use in a video-equipped endoscope.
With the development of solid state image sensors, sometimes referred to as charge coupled devices (CCD), it is now possible to equip the insertion head of an endoscope with an extremely small video camera that permits the head to be passed into confined regions that have heretofore been inaccessible to this type of viewing equipment. The camera generally contains a single black and white image sensor that is capable of integrating the recorded image data that is acquired during each imaging sequence. Full color video pictures of the target can also be created using a single imager by illuminating the target sequentially with light of primary colors to produce a series of color separated images. The primary colors of red, green and blue are generally used for this purpose. After each color separated image is recorded, the image data is clocked out of the image sensor and delivered to a video processor where the combined data is placed in a format suitable for display on a television screen.
As explained in greater detail in reissued U.S. Pat. Nos. Re. 31,289 and Re. 31,290 to Moore et al, three individual lamps can be used to illuminate the target with light of the primary colors to provide the desired color separation. In a further U.S. Pat. No. 4,074,306 to Kakinuma et al, there is described a video-equipped endoscope that employs a single lamp that operates in conjunction with color wheel to provide color separation. In the latter embodiment, the color-separated images are laid down in series, one over the other, upon a Braun tube to create a color picture of the target so that registration of the images and attaining proper balancing of the primary colors is extremely difficult. A single-lamp illumination system that avoids the difficulties found in the Kakinuma et al device is disclosed in copending U.S. application Ser. No. 487,070 filed April 21, 1983 in the name of Sarofeen et al. In the Sarofeen system, the output of the lamp is closely controlled during each color separation imaging sequence so that the color appearing in the video picture are proportionally balanced to provide a faithful rendition of the original scene.
As is well known in the art, the viewing head of the endoscope is mounted at the distal end of the insertion tube and is generally required to operate within a very confined area having little, if any, ambient light. This is particularly true when the instrument is used in a medical application. Light is generally brought into the image region by means of a fiber optic bundle. As the head is moved towards or away from a given target situated in this relatively confined region, the amount of light reflected from the target back to the image sensor will vary dramatically. Although an automatic gain control circuit may be included in the video section of the instrument, this in itself may not be sufficient to prevent the sensor from becoming saturated with light (blooming) when the head is moved close to the target. By the same token, the amount of light that can be transmitted into the target region by the fiber bundle is limited and consequently, the gain of the video signal can fall to a level where background noise is visible when the head is moved a relatively short distance away from the target.
For a better understanding of these and other objects of the present invention, reference is had to the following detailed description of the invention which is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein there is shown an electrical diagram showing the subject invention embodied in a video-equipped endoscope for providing a video picture of a remote target.
It is an object of the present invention therefore to improve means for automatically controlling the video signal level of a television system.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a video signal level control to a video-equipped endoscope.
Yet another object of the present invention is to automatically control both the video gain and the illumination intensity of a video system to maintain the signals at an optimum level.
A further object of the present invention is to improve a video-equipped endoscope by providing an automatic gain control for holding the video signal level within an optimum range and a target illumination control for automatically adjusting the illumination level in the event the signal level moves outside of the optimum range.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide an automatic video gain control and an automatic light control for a video-equipped endoscope that are arranged to act in cooperation to maintain the video signal level within optimum limits as the viewing head of the instrument is maneuvered within a confined region.
These and other objects of the present invention are attained by means of a video system suitable for use in an endoscope that includes both an automatic video gain control and an automatic light control for illuminating a target which act in conjunction to control the video signal level within an optimum range.
With reference to the drawing, there is shown an automatic signal level control for use in a video-equipped endoscope that is capable of providing a video picture of a remote target. As described in greater detail in the previously noted Moore et al patents, a solid state image sensor 10 is positioned at the distal end of an insertion tube 28 so that the recording surface of the sensor is able to view a target 27. Typically, the target is located in a remote region and, as a consequence, little or no ambient light is available for target illumination. As explained by Moore et al, light is brought into the target region from an outside source, such as arc lamp 25, via a fiber optic bundle 26. In the present embodiment of the invention, a single lamp is utilized which is capable of being strobed rapidly to illuminate the target with a series of light pulses during each imaging sequence. An imaging sequence for the purpose of this disclosure shall be considered to be one video field. It should be recognized, however, that a color wheel might be placed in front of the lamp and adapted, as disclosed by Sarofeen et al, to sequentially illuminate the target with light of different primary colors to create color separated images of the target. The separated images can be later recombined to create a full color video picture of the target.
Preferably the image sensor is a charge coupled device (CCD) that integrates reflected light images incident thereon when recording a given picture during each imaging sequence. Accordingly, the strobe lamp can be pulsed many times during each picture taking sequence to obtain peak total brightness while using a relatively small arc. As should be evident, the cross sectional area of the light transmitting bundle 26 is generally limited by the amount of space available within the insertion tube. The bundle therefore cannot effectively at times deliver all the energy required for target illumination in a single burst of energy. It has been found that by pulsing the lamp rapidly during the imaging sequence, peak brightness can be attained with a minimum of light loss and without an appreciable heat build-up in and about the target region. This latter point is important when the instrument is being used in a medical application for viewing a confined body cavity.
In practice, the solid state image sensor converts the recorded image data to a video output signal that is transmitted to a video processor 35 via a video line 31. The signals, in the processor, are placed in a desired format that is compatible with a television system so that the recorded data can be either displayed on a television screen or stored, or video taped for future viewing. The video signals clocked out of the image sensor 10 passes early in the processing through a variable gain amplifier 11. The output of the amplifier is monitored by a peak feature extractor 12 that provides a feedback control signal to the amplifier via line 13. The amplifier and the peak feature extractor form a conventional automatic gain control (AGC) loop that might be adjusted, for example, to provide a 1 volt peak-to-peak output from a wide range of input signals.
Beyond circuit limitations, there are other considerations that might constrain the usable operating range of the AGC in an endoscope environment. If, for instance, the viewing head of the instrument is moved close to the target, areas on the image sensor can become saturated with light and the gain control, in an effort to compensate for this over illumination, will be set so low as to unnecessarily darken the useful non-saturated areas. On the other hand, when the viewing head is moved far enough away from the target so that the limited amount of available light is not sufficient to provide optimum target illumination, the AGC will raise the signal output level to a point where unwanted background noise is enhanced and thus presented on the picture screen. Usually the gain control is preset to operate within a range below saturation and above the background noise level. However, these limits can be readily exceeded as the viewing head is maneuvered within a confined region and, accordingly, the level of illumination must be altered to hold the video signals within the desired operating range.
As will be explained in greater detail below, the present technique couples the AGC loop with an automatic light control to alter the amount of illumination provided to the target during each illumination sequence in the event the gain control is unable to hold the video signal level within the optimum range. The AGC feedback signal is monitored by a pair of analog comparators 14 and 15 through means of an input lead 18. A lower gain threshold is set into comparator 15 by adjustable resistor 17. The lower gain threshold is set so that the comparator 15 turns on when the video signal rises to a point just below that at which the image sensor becomes saturated with light and at which the image sensor begins to bloom. When the feedback signal reaches the lower threshold level and the comparator turns on, an incrementing signal is sent to the downstream up/down counter 20 causing the counter to decrease the count by one unit. The up/down counter 20, in turn, is arranged to control a strobe pulse generator 21 in the lamp drive circuit. The generator strobes the lamp a number of times equal to the count provided by the counter. A controller 19 is operatively connected to the counter which allows a maximum and a minimum count to be set into the counter so that the operating capabilities of the system are not exceeded.
The pulse generator is enabled by a signal from the video sequencer 36. The sequencer enables the generator at the beginning of a video field and allows the generator to strobe the lamp a preset number of times during the field period. Once the count is reached, the generator shuts down and will not be enabled again until a new imaging sequence is begun at the start of a subsequent field.
Similarly, an upper gain threshold is set into comparator 14 by means of adjustable resistor 16. Here again the upper threshold is set so that the comparator is turned on when the gain applied to the video signal reaches a point just below that at which background noise starts to interfere with the picture. At this time, comparator 14 turns on and sends a signal to the counter 20 that increases the count by one unit and thus increases the amount of illumination transmitted to the target during the illumination sequence.
As a result of this monitoring technique, the image brightness falling on the solid state image sensor is automatically controlled to maintain the video output signal level within an optimum range during all phases of an endoscope examination. During this process, the intensity of the illumination is varied in discrete steps when the automatic gain control is usable to hold the signal level within the desired range. Through the combined operation of the automatic gain control and the automatic light control, the video signal level can be maintained within optimum operating range as the viewing head of the instrument is relocated in regard to a given target to achieve high quality video pictures over a wide variation in scenes.
While this invention has been described with special reference to the embodiment herein disclosed, it should be evident that the invention is broad enough to cover any modifications or changes that might come within the scope of the following claims.
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