Olympus Corporation

Takayuki Ida

Masahiro Kudo

Shusuke Tsuchiya

Masaya Fujita

Shinya Moriyama

An endoscope apparatus includes: a display image selecting portion that selectively outputs one of a surgical image and a gastrointestinal image inputted via an input portion or outputs both of the surgical image and the gastrointestinal image; a combining portion that generates, when both of the surgical image and the gastrointestinal image are outputted by the display image selecting portion, a composite image for performing two-screen display of the surgical image and the gastrointestinal image; and a processor that performs image judgment processing, the processor detecting whether a high-luminance area formed by illumination light radiated at a time of image pickup by the gastrointestinal endoscope exists in the surgical image; and deciding, when detecting that the high-luminance area exists in the surgical image when the surgical image is displayed in one screen, a display method for causing two-screen display based on the composite image to be displayed.

Endoscope apparatus and control apparatus

A three-dimensional endoscope comprises a video signal input portion to which a first video signal is obtained by a first imaging system and a second video signal is obtained by a second imaging system are inputted. A video signal identification portion that identifies a two-dimensional video signal and a three-dimensional video signal are obtained from the video signal input portion. An image condition detection portion that when the video signal identification portion has detected the two-dimensional video signal, analyzes a display area of a two-dimensional image to detect a foggy region. An image combining portion that, when the image condition detection portion has detected a foggy region in a video of at least one of the first imaging system and the second imaging system, combines both of the first video signal and the second video signal to generate a composite image in which fogginess of the foggy region being eliminated.

3D endoscope apparatus and 3D video processing apparatus

A medical display apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display an endoscope image; at least one video signal input circuit to which video signals related to the endoscope image can be inputted from an external medical instrument; a video processing circuit configured to generate a video reflecting a display setting specified for each of the video signals; and first and second processors, the first processor determines an endoscope type based on a mask pattern of the endoscope image related to each of the inputted video signals, and the second processor designates a display set value for each of video signals related to different endoscope images to the video processing circuit according to a determination result.

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Machida, Japan

Takayuki Ida