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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsunori Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Oki, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes: an endoscope at least a part of which is inserted into an observation object and that propagates an image of an inside of the observation object irradiated with illumination light; a light source that emits the illumination light illuminating the inside of the observation object to the endoscope; an imager that captures an image of the inside of the observation object having been propagated from the endoscope and generates a captured image of the inside of the observation object; and control circuitry that performs driving control for the endoscope, the light source, and the imager. The control circuitry is configured to change the radiation angle of the illumination light in accordance with whether an insertion portion being a part of the endoscope is moving in the inside of the observation object or as stopped.