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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2016
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system includes: a light source unit that alternatingly emits first illumination light and second illumination light; an imaging means for generating a first image signal of a subject illuminated by the first illumination light, and generating a second image signal of the subject illuminated by the second illumination light; a first image signal storing means for storing the first image signals; a second image signal storing means for storing the second image signals; an image evaluation value calculating means for calculating at least one of image evaluation values based on the first image signals and image evaluation values based on the second image signals; an image signal selecting means for selecting a first display image signal and selecting a second display image signal based on the image evaluation values; and a displaying means for displaying a first image and a second image that are based on the first display image signal and the second display image signal respectively.