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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sumihiro Uchimura, Tokyo, JP;
Taihei Michihata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/122 (2018.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); H04N 13/122 (2018.05); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); G02B 23/2415 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A three-dimensional endoscope system includes: an imaging unit configured to capture a first image and a second image having parallax with respect to each other; and an image generation unit configured to generate a display image for stereoscopic viewing by performing image processing on the first image and the second image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the image generation unit generates the display image based on the first image and a third image obtained by replacing a part of the second image with a part of the first image at a corresponding position.