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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taihei Michihata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00018 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.