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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2024
Applicant:

Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takeshi Ito, Hino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01); H04N 23/88 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/0655 (2022.02); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01); H04N 23/88 (2023.01);
Abstract

A control device includes one or more processors including hardware, the one or more processors being configured to: generate a white light image based on a first image signal captured as a result of irradiating a subject with a white light; generate a narrow-band light image based on a second image signal captured as a result of irradiating the subject with a narrow-band light; control a light intensity of the white light to a first value which is determine according to brightness of the white light image and according to a first ratio; and control a light intensity of the narrow-band light to a second value which is determine according to brightness of the narrow-band light image and according to a second ratio that is different than the first ratio.


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