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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:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masatoshi Onikubo, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Kawai, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); G02B 23/2438 (2013.01); G02B 23/2461 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present technology relates to an endoscope system, an endoscope control method, and a program that allow AF processing to be performed without deterioration in accuracy. Provided are a drive unit that drives a lens, a measurement unit that measures a position of the lens, and a control unit that controls focusing, the control of the focusing including setting a control amount of wobbling at the time of the focusing based on a first hysteresis that is stored and a second hysteresis that is measured upon energization. The present technology is applicable to a medical observation device such as an endoscope or a microscope.


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