Patent ID: 8218074
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: A61B,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A remote inspection device, comprising: a flexible cable having a proximate end and a distal end; a substantially cylindrical imager housing concentrically aligned with and attached to a distal end of the flexible cable; an imaging device embedded in an outwardly facing end of the cylindrical imager housing, the imaging device operable to capture an image of a viewing area proximate to the distal end of the flexible cable and convert the image into a video signal; at least one light source protruding from the outwardly facing end of the cylindrical imager housing adjacent to the imaging device; a display housing attached to the proximate end of the flexible cable and configured to be grasped by a user of the device; an accelerometer disposed in the imager housing and operable to report orientation of the imager housing in relation of a gravity vector; and a processor disposed in the display housing and adapted to receive the video signal from the imaging device and the orientation data from the accelerometer, the processor converts the video signal to a video image, orients the video image in relation to the gravity vector and displays the video image on a display device associated with the display housing.