Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.

Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Olympus Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Riso Kagaku Corporation

Sumida Corporation

Yuichi Yamada

Yutaka Takahashi

Hiroki Hibino

Sakae Takehana

Masato Toda

Susumu Takahashi

Taihei Michihata

Kohtaro Amano

Morinao Fukuoka

Masahiro Hagihara

Toshiaki Noguchi

Yoshinao Oaki

Katsunori Sakiyama

Masato Yamaguchi

Motoaki Kobayashi

Mitsuhiro Ito

Takayuki Yamaguchi

Kiyotaka Kanno

Yoshihito Shimizu

Junichi Ohnishi

Noriaki Fujita

Yoshikatsu Nagayama

Koji Koda

Masao Matsumoto

Manabu Koiso

Yoshinobu Soeda

Tomoyuki Sonoda

Tatsuya Nakanishi

Akira Osawa

Takamasa Mikami

Maki Ohuchi

Osamu Yabe

Tetsuaki Tokime

Minoru Kishino

Naoshi Koizumi

Masahito Yokouchi

A medical apparatus and a method of manufacturing the medical apparatus, which have an advantage in cost performance, are provided even if optical fibers are used therein. The medical apparatus includes, therein, a first optical fiberconfigured to transmit an optical signal, a second optical fiberconfigured to transmit an optical signal, and a first optical connectorconfigured to connect the first optical fiberand the second optical fiber

Medical apparatus and method of manufacturing medical apparatus

An image processing device for an endoscope outputs a video signal to an image display part that displays an observation image based on the video signal. The image display part is configured such that a first side of a display screen that displays the observation image is shorter than a second side intersecting with the first side, and is configured to be set in both a first setting state in which the first side is along a vertical direction and a second setting state in which the second side is along the vertical direction. The image processing device includes: a setting state recognition part configured to recognize the setting state; and a video signal generation part configured to generate the video signal such that the subject image in the observation image has an orientation corresponding to the setting state of the image display part.

Image processing device for endoscope, endoscope device, image processing method of image processing device for endoscope, and image processing program

A receptacle module for detachably connecting a connector of a distal end device coming into contact with or inserted into a subject includes: a receptacle substrate including a first surface on which a receptacle to which the connector is detachably connected is mounted, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface; a patient circuit unit conducted to the distal end device via the receptacle; and a conductive shielding member mounted on the second surface and configured to shield the patient circuit unit from the opposite side.

Receptacle module and medical device

An endoscopic device includes: an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; an imaging unit configure to capture the subject image; a lens unit including a focus lens configured to adjust a focus by moving along an optical axis; a detection processor configured to perform detection processing of positioning a position of the focus lens at an in-focus position based on an image within the detection frame; a lens controller configured to position the focus lens at the in-focus position based on a processing result from the detection processor; a distal end detector configured to detect a distal end of a treatment tool in the captured image based on the captured image; and a detection frame setting unit configured to perform setting processing of setting a position of the detection frame in the captured image based on a position of the distal end of the treatment tool.

Endoscopic device

An endoscope system is disclosed that included a camera head, a detection unit, and a distortion correction processing unit. The camera head is detachably connected to an eyepiece unit of a plurality of types of endoscopes inserted into a subject, the camera head including an imaging unit that captures a subject image received from an endoscope among the plurality of types of endoscopes that is connected to the eyepiece. The detection unit that detects a size of the subject image in the captured image on the basis of a luminance signal of each pixel in the captured image obtained by the imaging unit. The distortion correction processing unit that corrects an optical distortion of the captured image depending on sizes of a plurality of different subject images.

Endoscope system and circuitry that corrects distortion based on image size

A medical image processing device includes a motion amount calculating unit configured to compare a first image obtained by capturing a subject image taken by an endoscope with a second image obtained by capturing the subject image at a chronologically different timing from the first image and calculate a motion amount for the second image every two or more areas in the first image; and an area specifying unit configured to specify a mask area other than the subject image included in the first image from an inside of a mask candidate area in which the motion amount is equal to or less than a specific first threshold value in the first image.

Medical image processing device and medical observation device

An endoscope apparatus includes a camera and circuitry. The camera is detachably connected to a base of an endoscope adapted to be inserted in a subject and includes a sensor configured to image a subject image captured by the endoscope. The circuitry is configured to process an image captured by the camera and generate a video signal for display, calculate a gain in white balance based on the captured image, and perform mask edge detecting processing for detecting a boundary point between the subject image and a mask area other than the subject image included in the captured image.

Endoscope apparatus and method of detecting edge

An endoscope apparatus includes: a camera including an imaging unit configured to receive light and convert the light into an electric signal; a first cable configured to transmit the electric signal, one end of the first cable being connected to the camera; an operating unit connected to another end of the first cable and including an electrooptic conversion unit configured to convert the electric signal transmitted through the first cable into an optical signal, and a switch configured to receive user operations; a second cable configured to transmit the optical signal, one end of the second cable being connected to the operating unit; and a connector provided to another end of the second cable and configured to connect the other end of the second cable to an external device.

Endoscope apparatus

An endoscope system includes: an electric lens capable of changing a focal length by applying a voltage; an imaging unit configured to capture a subject image formed by the electric lens to generate image signals; a focus controller configured to perform control to periodically repeat sequential switching of the focal length of the electric lens between two or more values; and a video signal generator configured to generate a video signal to be provided to a display device from the image signals generated by the imaging unit.

Endoscope system having variable focal length lens that switches between two or more values

A medical signal processing device for processing an image obtained by an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels, and generating a video signal for display, includes a Y gamma-correction unit that performs Y gamma-correction on a luminance signal for each pixel in the image obtained by the imaging unit.

Medical signal processing device and medical observation system

A medical imaging device includes: a spectroscopic unit that separates light into a first light component of a wavelength band and a second light component; a first imaging element that includes a plurality of first pixels configured to receive the first light component and convert the first light component into electric signals; and a second imaging element that includes a plurality of second pixels and includes a first color filter on which first filters configured to transmit the light component of the wavelength band of one color in the light components of the wavelength bands of two colors that are contained in the second light component and second filters configured to transmit light components of a plurality of wavelength bands including at least the wavelength band of another color in the light components of the wavelength bands of the two colors are arranged.

Medical imaging device, medical image acquisition system, and endoscope apparatus

A medical imaging device includes: a first and a second imaging units configured to capture a first and a second optical images having parallax, respectively; a first and a second imaging optical systems configured to form the first and the second optical images on light receiving surfaces of the first and the second imaging units, respectively; a dirt detecting unit configured to detect dirt adhered to at least one of the first and the second imaging optical systems; an image generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional image based on a first captured image based on the first image signal and a second captured image based on the second image signal; and an image selector configured to select a captured image to be output from the first captured image and the second captured image based on a detection result of the dirt by the dirt detecting unit.

Medical imaging device

An endoscope device includes: an insertion unit configured to be inserted into a subject and capture a subject image inside the subject from a distal end thereof; an imaging unit configured to capture the subject image; a subject distance calculation unit configured to calculate a subject distance between the distal end of the insertion unit and the subject; and a distance information notification unit configured to give a notice of distance information on the subject distance.

Endoscope device

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Yuichi Yamada