TW202011886A - Endoscope device with magnetic function capable of fixing smart device on combining surface of handle body for use convenience - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an endoscope device with magnetic function used in association with a smart device. The endoscope device comprises: an endoscope tube body having an endoscope tube and a camera lens, wherein the camera lens is disposed at one end of the endoscope tube; a handle body without a display, which is connected at the other end of the endoscope tube, and the handle body is provided with a shell, a control unit and a connecting unit, wherein the shell surface is provided with a combining surface; the control unit is disposed on the shell and electrically connected with the camera lens and the connecting unit; and the connecting unit is disposed on the shell and electrically connected with the camera lens and the smart device; and, a magnet, which is disposed on the shell and corresponded to or located at the combining surface and is used to suck the smart device by its magnetic force and fix the smart device on the combining surface.

Description

Endoscope device with magnetic attraction function

The invention relates to an endoscope, in particular to an endoscope device with a magnetic attraction function used with a smart device.

Please refer to Taiwan Patent No. M482073, which discloses an endoscope with image transmission and receiving functions, including a body with a control unit inside; and a flexible tube with one end coupled to the body and away from the One end of the body is provided with a lens for capturing images and a lighting part, the lens and the lighting part are electrically connected to the control unit in a line in the flexible tube; the smart mobile device communicates with the control in a communication protocol The communication link between the units, and the control program is loaded as the image processing platform of the control unit, and the image captured by the lens is accessed by the smart mobile device.

However, the applicant believes that when the above patent is used, the operator must operate the lens with one hand to take the image, and the other hand needs to operate the button of the control unit provided on the main body. The displayed image, the operator will hold the body and the smart mobile device in one hand, but the above patent does not have any fixed effect between the body and the smart mobile device, so the operator must distract a certain degree of attention The main body and the smart mobile device are held steadily, otherwise it may happen that the main body or the smart mobile device is detached from the hand and causes damage under inadvertent condition; The problem exists.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an endoscope device with a magnetic attraction function, which can fix a smart mobile device to the body, so that the user can easily take the smart device and the body with one hand, and has the convenience of use .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an endoscope device with a magnetic attraction function for use with a smart device. The endoscope device includes: an endoscope tube body with an endoscope tube And an imaging lens, which is provided at one end of the inner tube; a handle body without a display screen is connected to the other end of the inner tube, the handle body has a housing, a control unit and a connecting unit, The surface of the housing has a joint surface; the control unit is provided in the housing and electrically connects the imaging lens and the connecting unit; the connecting unit is provided in the housing and electrically connects the imaging lens, and the connecting unit is used for The smart device is electrically connected by a wired connection or a wireless connection; and a magnet is provided in the housing and corresponds to or is located on the joint surface, and the smart device is attracted by its magnetic attraction and fixed to the joint surface.

In this way, the present invention provides an endoscope device with a magnetic attraction function, which can fix a smart device to the joint surface of the handle body, so that the user can easily take the smart device and the handle body with one hand. The convenience.

In order to explain the technical features of the present invention in detail, the following first embodiment is described below with reference to the drawings, in which:

As shown in FIGS. 1-5, the first embodiment of the present invention provides an endoscope device 10 with a magnetic attraction function for use with a smart device 100, the endoscope device 10 is mainly composed of an internal The sight tube body 11, a handle body 21 without a display screen and a magnet 31, among which:

The endoscope tube body 11 has an endoscope tube 13 and an imaging lens 15. The imaging lens 15 is disposed at one end of the endoscope tube 13.

The handle body 21 without a display screen is connected to the other end of the inner tube 13, the handle body 21 has a housing 23, a control unit 25 and a connecting unit 27, the surface of the housing 23 has a joint surface 24; the control unit 25 is provided on the housing 23 and electrically connects the imaging lens 15 and the connecting unit 27; the connecting unit 27 is provided on the housing 23 and electrically connects the imaging lens 15 and the connecting unit 27 is connected wirelessly The smart device 100 is electrically connected.

In this embodiment, the connection unit 27 is wirelessly connected by a wireless network as an example, and the smart device 100 is a smartphone as an example; the control unit 25 is provided in the housing 23 and electrically connected The connection unit 27. During implementation, the connection unit 27 can be electrically connected to the smart device 100 by a wired electrical connection in addition to the wireless connection, so the connection unit 27 is electrically connected to the smart device 100 The method is not limited to the wireless connection method of this embodiment; in addition, the smart device 100 can also be replaced by a tablet computer, so the implementation type of the smart device 100 is not limited to the smart phone.

The magnet 31 is disposed inside the housing 23 and is located on the back of the coupling surface 24, and attracts the smart device 100 with the magnetic attraction force and fixes the smart device 100 to the coupling surface 24, thereby fixing the smart device 100 to the handle The joint surface 24 of the body 21 allows the user to take the handle body 21 with only one hand when using it, that is, it can be directly used together by the relationship that the smart device 100 is fixed on the handle body 21, without It is convenient to use the smart device 100 with the other hand.

In this embodiment, the smart device 100 has a ferromagnetic element 41, which is in the form of a sheet and is composed of magnetically attractable substances (such as iron, nickel, or cobalt.. etc.) ), but not limited to metal materials, the ferromagnetic member 41 is adhered to the outer side of the back of the smart device 100, or is wrapped and clamped by the protective cover (not shown) of the smart device 100 and fixed to The smart device 100 can be absorbed by the magnet 31.

However, if the smart device 100 itself is ferromagnetic, even if the ferromagnetic member 41 is omitted, the effect of fixing the smart device 100 to the joint surface 24 of the handle body 21 can also be achieved. The ferromagnetic member 41 is not an essential element of the present invention.

In this embodiment, two non-slip pads 51 are further included. The two non-slip pads 51 are disposed on the bonding surface 24 and are arranged opposite to the magnet 31. The two anti-slip pads 51 cover the range of the bonding surface 24. It does not interfere with the range of magnetic attraction between the magnet 31 and the ferromagnetic member 41. The arrangement of the two anti-skid pads 51 can increase the friction force of the smart device 100 fixed to the joint surface 24 of the handle body 21, thereby increasing the stability of the smart device 100 fixed to the joint surface 24 of the handle body 21 In addition, the two anti-skid pads 51 have elastic force, which can provide cushioning force when the smart device 100 is fixed to the joint surface 24 of the handle body 21, and the smart device 100 will not directly hit the handle body 21 The coupling surface 24 also provides the user with a better sense of use when fixing the smart device 100 to the coupling surface 24 of the handle body 21.

During implementation, the range of the joint surface 24 covered by the two anti-slip pads 51 can also interfere with the range of magnetic attraction formed between the magnet 31 and the ferromagnetic member 41; in addition, the number of the anti-slip pads 51 can also be one or Three or more, when the number of the anti-skid pads 51 is one, as long as the magnetic attraction force between the magnet 31 and the ferromagnetic member 41 is sufficient, the anti-skid pads 51 can be increased whether they occupy the joint surface 24 or not. The friction force when the smart device 100 is fixed to the handle body 21. When the number of the anti-skid pads 51 is more than three, they may also be distributed on the joint surface 24. Therefore, the arrangement of the anti-skid pads 51 is not limited to the foregoing.

However, when the two anti-skid pads 51 are not provided, the smart device 100 can still be attracted by the magnetic attraction force generated by the magnet 31 to the smart device 100, thereby combining the smart device 100 It is fixed to the handle body 21, so that the user can easily take it, and has the effect of convenience in use. Therefore, the two anti-skid pads 51 are not essential elements of the present invention.

The structure of the first embodiment of the present invention has been described above, and the use state of the first embodiment of the present invention will be continuously described below.

When the present invention is in use, the user sticks one side of the ferromagnetic member 41 to the outer side of the back of the smart device 100. When the user faces the handle body 21 with the outer side of the back of the smart device 100 When the coupling surface 24 approaches, by the magnetic attraction force between the magnet 31 of the handle body 21 and the ferromagnetic member 41 of the smart device 100, the smart device 100 can be fixed to the coupling surface 24 of the handle body 21, so that The user can easily take the smart device 100 and the handle body 21 with one hand, and the two anti-skid pads 51 are compressed between the handle body 21 and the smart device 100, and the two anti-skid pads 51 The frictional force formed by the smart device 100 makes the smart device 100 less prone to displacement when fixed to the handle body 21, thereby increasing the stability of the smart device 100 fixed to the handle body 21, and the two non-slip pads 51 have elasticity The force can form a buffering effect when the smart device 100 is fixed to the joint surface 24 of the handle body 21, thereby providing the user with a better use when fixing the smart device 100 to the handle body 21 Touch.

Then, the user can hold the handle body 21 in one hand to simultaneously link the smart device 100, and can operate the smart device 100 to issue an image capturing instruction to the control unit 25, and operate the endoscope tube with the other hand The imaging lens 15 of the body 11 performs imaging, and then the data acquired by the imaging lens 15 is transmitted to the smart device 100 by wireless connection through the connection unit 27, and finally the smart device 100 Display its screen.

Therefore, the endoscope device with magnetic attraction function provided by the present invention can fix the smart device to the joint surface of the handle body through the setting of the magnet, so that the user can easily take the smart device with one hand and The handle body has the convenience of use.

And, the endoscope device with magnetic attraction function provided by the present invention can increase the friction force when the smart device is fixed to the joint surface of the handle body by the anti-skid pad, thereby further increasing the smart device fixed to the handle Ontology stability.

In addition, an endoscope device with a magnetic attraction function provided by the present invention has a cushioning force due to the anti-slip pad, which can form a cushioning effect when the smart device is combined and fixed to the handle body, thereby providing use The user has a better sense of use when fixing the smart device to the joint surface of the handle body.

The endoscope device 10' with a magnetic attraction function provided in the second embodiment is basically the same as the first embodiment described above, and the difference is that:

As shown in FIG. 6, the magnet 31 ′ is provided on the surface of the bonding surface 24 ′, or, as shown in FIG. 7, the bonding surface 24 ′ is recessed with a groove 26 ′, and the magnet 31 ′ is accommodated in In the groove, the surface of the magnet 31' is flush with the joint surface 24'. These two structures can also achieve the effect of fixing the smart device 100' to the joint surface 24' of the handle body 21'. Therefore, the state that the magnet 31' is provided in the housing 23' One embodiment is limited; in addition, the ferromagnetic member 41' can be disposed on the inner side of the back of the smart device 100' (not shown in the figure), and the magnet 31' can be adsorbed in an indirect manner. The effect of the type device 100' being fixed to the joint surface 24' of the handle body 21', therefore, the implementation of the ferromagnetic member 41' is not limited to the outer side of the back of the smart device 100'.

The remaining structures and achievable effects of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and are not repeated here.

10: Endoscope device with magnetic attraction function 11: Endoscope tube body 13: Endoscope tube 15: Acquisition lens 21: Handle body 23: Housing 24: Joint surface 25: Control unit 27: Connection unit 31: Magnet 41: Ferromagnetic piece 51: Anti-slip mat 100: Smart device 10': Endoscope device with magnetic attraction 21': Handle body 23': Housing 24': Joint surface 26': Groove 31': Magnet 41 ': Ferromagnetic piece 100': Smart device

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is an exploded view of the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the usage state from the perspective of Fig. 4, showing the usage state of the magnet disposed inside the housing and located on the back of the joint surface. FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the use state of the second embodiment of the present invention and the viewing angle of FIG. 4, showing the use state of the magnet on the surface of the joint surface. FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the second embodiment of the present invention and the usage state from the perspective of FIG. 4, showing that the magnet is accommodated in the groove and the magnet surface is flush with the bonding surface.

10: Endoscope device with magnetic attraction function

11: Endoscope tube body

13: Endoscopic tube

15: Take the lens

21: Handle body

23: Shell

24: Joint surface

41: Ferromagnetic pieces

51: Anti-slip mat

Claims (6)

An endoscope device with a magnetic attraction function for use with a smart device, the endoscope device includes: an endoscope tube body, having an endoscope tube and an imaging lens, the imaging lens It is provided at one end of the inner tube; a handle body without a display screen is connected to the other end of the inner tube, the handle body has a housing, a control unit and a connecting unit, the surface of the housing has a joint surface; the control The unit is provided in the casing and electrically connects the imaging lens and the connection unit; the connection unit is provided in the casing and electrically connects the acquisition lens, and the connection unit is used to electrically connect by a wired connection or a wireless connection The smart device is connected to the smart device; and a magnet is provided in the housing and corresponds to or is located on the joint surface, and the smart device is attracted by the magnetic attraction force and fixed on the joint surface. According to the endoscope device with magnetic attraction function according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein: the magnet is arranged inside the casing and is located on the back of the joint surface. According to the scope 1 of the patent application, an endoscope device with a magnetic attraction function, wherein: the magnet is provided on the joint surface. The endoscope device with magnetic attraction function according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein: a groove is recessed on the coupling surface, the magnet is accommodated in the groove, and the surface of the magnet is flush with the coupling surface level. The endoscope device with magnetic attraction function according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein: it further comprises at least one non-slip pad, which is provided on the joint surface. According to the first scope of the patent application, the endoscope device with magnetic attraction function, wherein: the smart device has a ferromagnetic element (ferromagnetic element), and is directly or indirectly adsorbed to the magnet.

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