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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takaaki Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
HOYA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0002 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic endoscope device is provided. An electronic endoscope device for obtaining an imaging signal from an imaging device for imaging an object and outputting an image based on the obtained imaging signal is provided with a brightness calculation unit that calculates brightness of the image, and a control unit that changes an exposure time in the imaging device exponentially so that the brightness calculated by the brightness calculation unit approaches set brightness.