Fujifilm Corporation

Shingo Masuno

Makoto Kagaya

Masayuki Takahira

Masanobu Uchihara

Yusuke Kurioka

An endoscope system includes at least any one of a processor device that is attachable to and detachable from an endoscope or a light source device that is attachable to and detachable from the endoscope. In a case where the endoscope is mounted on the processor device or the light source device, the processor device or the light source device performs a request sequence in which a request signal, for requesting a start of execution of encoding processing with respect to digital image signals, is transmitted to the endoscope.

Endoscope system and method of operating same

An endoscope apparatus including: an image pickup device; a detection device that detects whether or not an image region at which a part of an object region is edged along a direction parallel to the scan lines in a state that is different to a case where a plurality of the scan lines are simultaneously exposed exists in a frame image due to differences of exposure timings for each of the scan lines of the image pickup device based on an image feature amount in the frame image that is obtained from the image data for each of the scan lines that is outputted from the image pickup device; and an exposure control device that changes an exposure time of each of the scan lines by the image pickup device simultaneously for all of the scan lines if the detection device detects the image region.

Endoscope apparatus and image pickup control method thereof

An endoscope apparatus, comprising: an image pickup device; a detection device that detects whether or not an image region at which a part of an object region is edged along a direction parallel to the scan lines in a state that is different to a case where a plurality of the scan lines are simultaneously exposed exists in a frame image due to differences of exposure timings for each of the scan lines based on an image feature amount in the frame image that is obtained from the image data for each of the scan lines that is outputted from the image pickup device; and an exposure control device that lengthens an exposure time of each of the scan lines by the image pickup device in comparison to a case where the detection device does not detect the image region, if the detection device detects the image region.

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Ashigarakami-gun, Japan

Shingo Masuno