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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Sugie, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Kashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaya Takemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23267 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/0623 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscopic system including an endoscope including an optical element including a marker disposed thereon, an optical formation device that changes an angle of view, and an image capturing device receiving light from the optical element via the optical formation device and processing circuitry that identifies the angle of view from an image captured by the image capturing device based on the marker in the image.