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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2018
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Inoue, Cambridge, MA (US);
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The technology disclosed herein is directed to an endoscope system. The endoscope system includes an endoscope, a sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the endoscope. The controller includes one or more processors. The one or more processors is configured (i) to extract first feature points from a first image captured by the endoscope, (ii) to extract second feature points from a second image captured by the endoscope after acquisition of the first image, (iii) to estimate a first result of position and orientation of the endoscope based on the first feature points and the second feature points, (iv) to calculate a first estimation accuracy based on the first result. When the first estimation accuracy is greater than a predetermined value, the one or more processors utilizes the first result as position and orientation of the endoscope.