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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Sadayuki Tamonoki, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232127 (2018.08); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00048 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a control device, an endoscope system, a processing method, and a program which can select a region other than the center region in an image to perform a predetermined process. An endoscope system includes an image generation unit which processes an image signal generated by an imaging unit to generate a display image to be displayed, a display controller which overlaps a plurality of select regions selectable according to an external operation to the display image and outputs the overlapped image to the display device, and an autofocus controller which performs a predetermined process on at least one select region selected according to the external operation.


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