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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Mueckner, Schwarzenbek, DE;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting an image irregularity in one or more still images or video images produced by an endoscopic instrument. The method including: producing the one or more still images or video images; transmitting the one or more still images or video images to a processor comprising hardware; detecting, with the processor, a presence or an absence of the image irregularity in the one or more still images or video images; and where the presence of the image irregularity is detected, issuing a notification to a user about the presence of the image irregularity.