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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taihei Michihata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/053 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/0019 (2013.01); A61B 1/00039 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/00195 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes a camera and circuitry. The camera is detachably connected to a base of an endoscope adapted to be inserted in a subject and includes a sensor configured to image a subject image captured by the endoscope. The circuitry is configured to process an image captured by the camera and generate a video signal for display, calculate a gain in white balance based on the captured image, and perform mask edge detecting processing for detecting a boundary point between the subject image and a mask area other than the subject image included in the captured image.