Olympus Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Masaya Katsumata

Yasuhiro Komiya

Takeyuki Ajito

Toru Wada

Osamu Konno

Kiyoshi Yuri

Yasuko Nakazato

The color of a measurement object, such as a vital tooth, and the color of a comparison object to be compared with the measurement object are displayed to a user in an easily comparable manner. The invention provides an image combining apparatus including an image extracting unit for extracting an image of a vital tooth (hereinafter referred to as 'measurement-object image') from a color image of the vital tooth and extracting an image of a shade guide (hereinafter referred to as 'comparison-object image') from a color image of the shade guide, a combining-reference-line setting unit for setting combining reference lines on the measurement-object image and the comparison-object image, a combining unit for combining the measurement-object image and the comparison-object image to form a combined image, and a correction unit for correcting at least one of the measurement-object image and the comparison-object image so as to align their outlines on the combining reference line in the combined image when the outlines are not aligned.

Image combining apparatus

A multiband camera control apparatus comprises a multiband camera section configured to be capable of capturing a plurality of color bands, a computer configured to control the multiband camera section, a user interface configured to transmit instruction information for the control from the user to the computer, and parameters configured to control the corresponding band in each of the plurality of bands. The user interface includes a switching instruction section configured to switch between the plurality of bands. The computer is configured to control the multiband camera section by using the parameter corresponding to the band selected according to the instruction to switch between the plurality of bands from the switching instruction section.

multiband camera control apparatus and multiband camera control method

An image display device which displays a multiband image acquired by a multiband camera capable of capturing two or more bands comprises a parameter input/output and image outputting screen configured to represent each band itself or an image of the band, a band-RGB conversion table configured to use for converting a band number into a color represented in the a parameter input/output and image outputting screen, and wavelength information converting unit configured to calculate the band itself or the color representing the image of the band from the band number by use of the band-RGB conversion table to output the band or the color to the a parameter input/output and image outputting screen.

Image display device and image display method

A microscope body has at least one observation unit and is capable of being operated by respective controller corresponding to this observation unit. An operation unit determines the operation instruction for the respective controller. An operation switch detecting unit detects an operation of the operation unit and informs the detected operation to the exterior of the microscope body. An outer control device has a storage unit, in which first operational instructing information for the respective controller is registered, and identifies the operational instructing information corresponding to a detected result from the operation switch detecting unit with reference to the storage unit. An observation unit control section converts the operational instructing information which is identified by the outer control device, into operation instructing commands for the observation unit and gives the operation instructing commands to the respective controller.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Masaya Katsumata