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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/47 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); G02B 23/24 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope system includes: an image configuring portion configured to configure a first image and a second image based on image pickup signals corresponding to different areas in a same subject; a luminance detecting portion configured to detect luminances of the first and second images; and a luminance control portion adjusting, for areas obtained by dividing each of the first and second images as units, the luminance of at least one of the images so that a luminance difference between two areas where the first image and the second image adjoin each other becomes equal to or smaller than a threshold.