Sony Corporation

Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.

Sony Group Corporation

Sakae Okazaki

Takahiro Yamamoto

Hiroshi Yamazaki

Hirotaka Hirano

Hajime Watanabe

Naoki Nagano

Miki Furuya

Teruhiko Kori

Satoshi Tsuchiya

Toshiya Akiba

Yuji Ito

Toshiyuki Iijima

Toshio Katayama

Kazumasa Miyazaki

Tadashi Morishige

Hirotsugu Ohkubo

Kayo Ishii

Tadashi Yokouchi

There is provided a control device including: an autofocus control section configured to execute an autofocus operation by moving at least one optical member; and an autofocus operation determination section configured to determine whether it is possible for the autofocus operation to bring biological tissue into focus, the biological tissue serving as an object. In a case where the autofocus operation determination section determines that it is not possible for the autofocus operation to bring the object into focus, the autofocus control section moves the at least one optical member to a predicted focal position set in advance in accordance with a purpose of imaging to make it possible to further improve convenience of a user.

Control device and medical imaging system

[Object] To control the focal position of an optical system with a more favorable aspect, in accordance with the band targeted for observation. [Solution] A medical observation device includes: a computation section that applies, to an imaging signal corresponding to each of a plurality of different spectral components based on a light receiving result regarding observation target light from a subject in vivo from an image sensor, weights of the plurality of spectral components corresponding to a band targeted for observation from among bands in the observation target light, and computes an evaluation value indicating a degree of being in-focus on a basis of the imaging signal to which the weights are applied; and a control section that controls, on a basis of the evaluation value, a position of at least one optical member in an optical system that forms an image of the observation target light from the subject onto the image sensor, and thereby controls a focal position of the optical system.

Medical observation device and medical observation method

[Object] To make it possible to further improve convenience of a user. [Solution] There is provided a control device including: an autofocus control section configured to execute an autofocus operation by moving at least one optical member; and an autofocus operation determination section configured to determine whether it is possible for the autofocus operation to bring biological tissue into focus, the biological tissue serving as an object. In a case where the autofocus operation determination section determines that it is not possible for the autofocus operation to bring the object into focus, the autofocus control section moves the at least one optical member to a predicted focal position set in advance in accordance with a purpose of imaging.

A zoom tracking controller includes a lens position acquiring unit that acquires the positions of a first zoom lens and a first focus lens, a cam curve storage unit that stores at least one reference cam curve, a normalizing unit that normalizes the acquired first zoom lens position and first focus lens position to a zoom lens position and a focus lens position on one of at least one reference cam curve according to a first cam curve and the reference cam curve, a focused lens position determining unit that determines second zoom lens and second focus lens positions on a second cam curve from the normalized zoom lens and focus lens positions according to the second cam curve and reference cam curve, and a lens controller that respectively moves the second zoom lens and second focus lens to the determined second zoom lens position and second focus lens position.

Zoom tracking controller, compound-eye imaging apparatus, and method of control by zoom tracking controller

A detecting unit generates defference data between optical black level of digital input data and a predetermined black level and generates .gamma. characteristics selection signal. An offset signal obtained from the difference is added to the input data by an adding circuit. A .gamma. characteristics setting unit is supplied with the difference data and the output signal of the adding circuit and outputs a signal in which a white level, black level and .gamma. characteristics are corrected.

Shade gradation correction method and apparatus

In an apparatus which employs rotary heads for recording a video signal and a Pulse Code Modulated signal in first and second areas along successive slant tracks on a magnetic tape scanned by the heads and for recording a subcode signal in a third area in each slant track between the respective first and second areas; a pulse generator provides a pulse signal indicating a rotational position of each rotary head, the beginning of the subcode signal recorded in the third area of each track is dependent on the pulse signal, the end of the Pulse Code Modulated signal recorded in the respective first area is detected, and an erasing code signal is supplied to the rotary head scanning the tape for recording in an area of the respective slant track extending from the detected end of the Pulse Code Modulated signal in the first area to the position at which the recorded subcode signal begins in the third area.

Rotary head VTR which records video and PCM signals in respective areas

Apparatus and method which records and reproduces title data with video and audio data on oblique tracks on a recording medium. The video and audio data are recorded in video and audio regions, respectively, of the oblique tracks while leaving vacant predetermined title regions in the respective oblique tracks. Title data having title and title control information is recorded in the title regions of the respective tracks. The title, video and audio data are reproduced from the respective tracks on the recording medium, and the title information is combined with the video data in accordance with the title control information to produce a video output signal.

Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and

A recording apparatus records a first information signal in a first recording area in a helical track by a rotary head, and optionally records a second information signal in a second recording area preceding the first recording area. The switch timing of the rotary head is determined and the end of the second recording area is detected. A third information signal is recorded between the first and second recording areas at a position which is adjusted based on the switch timing of the rotary head and the detected end point of time of the second recording area.

Magnetic recording apparatus having an adjustable rotary head

Apparatus for superimposing graphic title image signals onto an input video signal to produce a video picture having graphics, such as title images, superimposed thereon. Graphic title image data is written into a memory and subsequently is read out under the control of an address generator whose read-out addresses are shifted at a given repetition rate to change the positioning of the graphic title image data relative to the video signal, thereby producing a scrolling effect of the graphics across an image plane.

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Sakae Okazaki