1. An endoscopic system comprising:
an endoscope configured to acquire each of right-eye and left-eye optical images to generate right-eye and left-eye video signals which indicate the respective right-eye and left-eye optical images;
a mixer section to which each of the video signals is input from the endoscope; and
a switch section which selects whether to output both of the right-eye and left-eye video signals or one of the right-eye and left-eye video signals from the mixer section,
wherein the mixer section comprises;
a first selector which outputs one of the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal in accordance with a selection operation by the switch section,
a second selector which outputs one of a video signal different from the video signal selected by the first selector and the same video signal as the video signal selected by the first selector to the right-eye video signal video signal and the left-eye video signal in accordance with the selection operation in the switch section,
a picture shift section which processes each of the video signals output from the first selector and the second selector so that a picture represented by each of the video signals is horizontally shifted on the basis of a given shift value, and
a picture output section which converts a video signal output from the picture shift section into a predetermined stereoscopic video signal format regardless of the selection operation in the switch section, and then outputs the video signal to a stereoscopic picture display apparatus.
2. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, characterized in that the picture shift section gives the shift value to at least one of the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal when the outputs of the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal are selected in the switch section, and
the picture shift section does not give the shift value when the output of only one of the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal is selected in the switch section.
3. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, characterized in that the picture output section is configured to output the video signal converted into the predetermined stereoscopic video signal format to a picture recorder, and
the picture output section comprises a setting section which fixes the video signal output to the picture recorder to the video signal selected by the switch section or to a stereoscopic picture generated by the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal.
4. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, characterized in that the picture output section outputs the video signal by a side-by-side method as the format of the predetermined stereoscopic video signal.
5. The endoscopic system according to claim 3, characterized in that the picture recorder records the video signal of the side-by-side method output from the picture output section.
6. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, characterized in that the switch section is provided in at least one of an operation portion in the endoscope or the mixer section.
7. The endoscopic system according to claim 1, characterized by further comprising:
a display section which inputs the video signal output from the picture output section and then displays a picture based on the video signal,
wherein the picture shift section performs shift processing for the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal selected by a first selection in the switch section so that the space between the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal becomes a predetermined distance,
the switch section performs the first selection to select a pair of the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal and a second selection to select one of the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal,
when switching from the first selection to the second selection, the switch section continues the display of one of the right-eye video signal and the left-eye video signal, cuts off the display of the other picture, or replaces the display of the one picture with the display of the other picture, and
when switching from the second selection to the first selection, the switch section continues the display of one of the pictures on the display section, and after the picture which is different from the above picture and which is not displayed is selected and the shift processing is performed between this picture and the picture displayed in the picture shift section, the switch section displays the picture on the display section.
8. The endoscopic system according to claim 7, characterized in that the mixer section comprises a recording section which stores the right-eye video signal andor the left-eye video signal taken by the endoscope.
9. The endoscopic system according to claim 8, characterized by further comprising a switching section which switches to one of a video signal selected by the switch section and a video signal read from the recording section.
10. The endoscopic system according to claim 9, characterized in that the switching section is configured to switch the video signal read from the recording section to the video signal selected by the switch section in response to the selection of the video signal by the switch section.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method, comprising:
applying a signal between a first electrode and a second electrode of a display element, wherein the signal is at a level which results in the display element being in a first of a plurality of display states;
applying a second signal between the two said electrodes to transition the display element from one state to another,
measuring an electrical response of the display element in response to the applied second signal;
identifying whether or not the display element reached the desired final state based upon the measured electrical response; and
adjusting the second signal if the display element did not reach the desired final state.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first state is an actuated state and the identified error is a failure to relax the display element from the actuated state, the method further comprising adjusting the second signal to a lower level in response to identifying the failure to relax the display element.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first state is a relaxed state and the identified error is a failure to actuate the display element, the method further comprising adjusting the second signal to a higher level in response to identifying the failure to actuate the display element.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second signal is a bias voltage level which results in the display element remaining in the first state, the first state being an actuated state, the identified error being the display element relaxing, the method further comprising adjusting the second signal to a higher level.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second signal is a bias voltage level which results in the display element remaining in the first state, the first state being a released state, the identified error being actuation of the display element, the method further comprising adjusting the drive to a lower level.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing information indicative of the adjusted drive voltage.
7. An apparatus, comprising:
drive circuitry configured to apply a signal between a first electrode and a second electrode of a display element, wherein the signal is at a level which results in the display element being in a first of a plurality of display states;
feedback circuitry configured to measure an electrical response of the display element in response to the applied signal; and
a processor configured control the drive circuitry, receive information indicative of the measured electrical response, identify an error in operation of the display element based upon the measured electrical response, and adjust the drive signal of the display element in response to the identified error.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first state is an actuated state and the identified error is a failure to relax the display element from the actuated state, and the processor is further configured to adjust the signal to a lower level in response to identifying the failure to release.
9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first state is a relaxed state and the identified error is a failure to actuate the display element, and the processor is further configured to adjust the signal to a higher level in response to identifying the failure to actuate the display element.
10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the signal is a bias voltage level which results in the display element remaining in the first state, the first state being an actuated state, the identified error being the display element relaxing, and the processor being further configured to adjust the signal to a higher level.
11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the signal is a bias voltage level which results in the display element remaining in the first state, the first state being a relaxed state, the identified error being actuation of the display element, the processor being further configured to adjust the signal to a lower level.
12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein at least a portion of the feedback circuitry comprises a portion of the drive circuitry associated with at least one of the first and second electrodes.
13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to store information indicative of the adjusted signal.
14. A display device, comprising:
means for applying a signal between a first electrode and a second electrode of a display element, wherein the signal is at a level which results in the display element being in a first of a plurality of display states;
means for measuring an electrical response of the display element in response to the applied signal;
means for identifying an error in operation of the display element based upon the measured electrical response, and for adjusting the signal in response to the identified error.
15. A display device comprising:
an array of interferometric modulators;
drive circuitry configured to apply a signal between a first electrode and a second electrode of a display element, wherein the signal is at a level that results in the display element being in a first of a plurality of display states;
feedback circuitry configured to measure an electrical response of the display element in response to the applied drive voltage;
a processor configured control the drive circuitry, receive information indicative of the measured electrical response, identify an error in operation of the display element based upon the measured electrical response, and adjust the signal in response to the identified error; and
a memory device configured to communicate with the processor.
16. The display device of claim 15, further comprising a controller configured to send at least a portion of the image data to the drive circuitry.
17. The display device of claim 15, further comprising an image source module configured to send the image data to the processor.
18. The display device of claim 17, wherein the image source module comprises at least one of a receiver, transceiver, and transmitter.
19. The display device of claim 15, further comprising an input device configured to receive input data and to communicate the input data to the processor.