Patent ID: 11954906
Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method to verify an identity of a component of an endoscopic device, wherein the endoscopic device comprises a light source, an optical fiber, a camera and an endoscope comprising one or more optical elements, the method comprising:
configuring the endoscopic device by one or more of: arranging and connecting the light source, the optical fiber, the camera, via a camera head, and the endoscope,
focusing the camera on at least one optical marking of one of the optical elements, wherein the at least one optical element of the one or more optical elements is a lens arranged within a beam path inside the endoscope, the at least one optical marking within the beam path configured to allow verification of an identity of the one or more optical elements,
recording an image of the at least one optical marking by the camera,
analyzing the recorded image and identifying one or more of: the at least one optical marking and the at least one optical element of the endoscope,
repeating the focusing, recording, analyzing and identifying of a further optical marking of a further optical element and/or outputting a result of the identification or identifications.