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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Aki Mizukami, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A signal processing apparatusincludes a mode selection unitthat selects any operational mode from among a plurality of operational modes that include a regular operational mode in which a video signal for display is output, and are hierarchically organized in a tree form, the mode selection unitcausing the signal processing apparatusto operate in the selected operational mode. The operational modes include a plurality of lower-level operational modes as lower-level operational modes having a parent-child relation with the regular operational mode. The mode selection unit, after the signal processing apparatushas started up, selects any operational mode from among same-level operational modes for each level from an upper level toward a lower level and, when having selected any of the lower-level operational modes, can select an upper-level operational mode relative to the selected lower-level operational mode on condition that the signal processing apparatushas again started up.