Panoramic Soft-Tissue Imaging Shell for Clear Inner Wall Focus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capturing devices struggle to capture clear images of the inner side walls of soft tissue organs in the human body, particularly due to their uneven surfaces and contraction states, leading to difficulties in focusing and potential tissue damage during examination.
Innovation Solution
A multi-directional image capturing device with a panoramic camera component and a transparent shell featuring multiple camera lenses and modules, designed to extend into the soft tissue organ, ensuring uniform contact and accurate focusing through equifocal surfaces, allowing for panoramic imaging and reduced tissue damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a conventional image capturing device is used to examine soft tissue organs, then the device structure is simple, but it cannot capture clear images of uneven inner surfaces due to focusing limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the imaging function into multiple independent camera lenses (first, second, third, and fourth camera lenses) positioned at different locations within the shell. Each lens captures images of different regions of the soft tissue organ, allowing clear imaging of uneven surfaces by segmenting the complex imaging task into simpler sub-tasks that can be performed simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from single-point or single-plane imaging to multi-directional three-dimensional imaging. By positioning camera lenses at different spatial locations and orientations within the shell, the system captures images from multiple dimensions simultaneously, creating a comprehensive panoramic view that clearly depicts the three-dimensional uneven surface of the soft tissue organ
2Ease of operation
If the lens is positioned in the narrow lumen of the soft tissue organ, then the examination area is accessible, but focusing becomes difficult and clear images cannot be obtained
Solution Approach 1:
The shell structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a protective housing for the camera lenses, provides a smooth contact surface with the soft tissue organ, defines the equifocal surface for accurate focusing, and enables panoramic imaging. This multi-functional design allows the device to maintain focusing accuracy while being easily operable in the narrow lumen
Solution Approach 2:
The shell is pre-designed with a specific shape that matches the contours of the soft tissue organ's inner surface. This preliminary shaping ensures that when the device is inserted, the shell naturally conforms to the organ's surface, automatically establishing the correct equifocal surface and focus distance for all camera lenses before imaging begins, eliminating the need for complex real-time focusing adjustments
3Productivity
If conventional imaging methods are used, then the examination process is simple, but the examination period is long and treatment is inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The panoramic camera component with multiple camera lenses captures images of the entire inner surface of the soft tissue organ in a single continuous action. Rather than requiring sequential imaging of different regions, the system simultaneously captures comprehensive images across all visible areas, dramatically reducing examination time while maintaining diagnostic quality
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from linear or point-by-point imaging to panoramic multi-dimensional imaging. By capturing the entire examination area in a single panoramic view from multiple angles simultaneously, the device reduces the number of imaging steps required, thereby increasing examination efficiency and reducing the time patients must spend in the examination room
4Measurement precision
If the inner wall is stretched and leveled for imaging, then the surface becomes smoother for capture, but friction increases causing inflammation
Solution Approach 1:
The shell is pre-shaped to match the natural contours of the soft tissue organ's inner surface. This preliminary geometric matching allows the device to contact the tissue gently without requiring forceful stretching or leveling actions, thereby achieving clear surface imaging while minimizing friction and potential tissue damage
Solution Approach 2:
The shell employs curved surfaces that conform to the natural geometry of the soft tissue organ. This curved design allows the imaging device to adapt to the organ's three-dimensional uneven surface without applying excessive localized pressure or causing stretching, thereby reducing friction and inflammation risk while maintaining clear visual contact with the tissue surface
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a multi-directional image capturing device, which includes a transparent shell and a panoramic camera component, wherein the panoramic camera component comprises at least two camera lenses and camera modules provided at the inner end and the circumferential direction of the shell, the shell comprises a plurality of first outer surfaces, each of the camera lens is provided with a second outer surface, and any of the second outer surfaces corresponds to the first outer surface. According to the present disclosure, the panoramic shooting technology is used for shooting. The image of the first outer surface at the end and the circumferential direction of the shell is captured in multiple directions through a plurality of camera lenses, and then a complete panoramic picture is provided for users through edge splicing of a plurality of pictures.