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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuya Kawabata, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuhiko Takahashi, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capsule endoscope includes: an image sensor configured to generate an image by capturing inside a subject at an imaging frame rate that is variable; and a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to determine whether the image is a first image whose feature amount related to a region having a bubble or a residue imaged is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, and change the imaging frame rate based on a determination result.