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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Naoya Kuriyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); G02B 7/28 (2013.01); G02B 23/243 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01);
Abstract

An endoscope apparatus includes a processor comprising hardware. The processor implements a motion information acquisition process that acquires motion information representing a relative motion with respect to an imaging section and an object, a motion information determination process that determines motion information reliability indicating reliability of the motion information, and a focus control process that determines whether or not to perform a focus operation to cause the imaging section to bring the object into focus based on the motion information and the motion information reliability.


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Kuriyama, Naoya. (2020). Endoscope apparatus and focus control method (U.S. Patent No. 10799085). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10799085

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