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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hisayoshi Otaki, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Ushiroda, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/62 (2023.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G10L 15/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/25 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/62 (2023.01); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G10L 15/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A61B 90/25 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00203 (2013.01); A61B 2090/373 (2016.02); G10L 2015/025 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus includes circuitry configured to: acquire an image signal generated by an imaging device configured to image an observation target; acquire an operation instruction made by a voice input; control a display device to display a plurality of images generated based on the image signal corresponding to an operating state of the imaging device, together with information related to the operating state, in a case where the operation instruction is an operation instruction related to imaging of the imaging device; and control to change the imaging device to an operating state corresponding to the image selected by a user among the plurality of images.


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