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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuya Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Yamato Kanda, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives endoscope images to be determined, in each of which an image of an inside of a body of a subject is picked up, determines whether or not an endoscope image for comparison concerning a predetermined inspection site, and the endoscope images to be determined are same or similar, determines whether or not an observation mode of each of the endoscope images to be determined is a condition suitable for automatic recording, and automatically records a predetermined number of the endoscope images to be determined in a recording unit, when the endoscope images to be determined and the endoscope image for comparison are determined to be the same or similar and when the observation mode is the condition suitable for automatic recording.