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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/50 (2017.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/50 (2017.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30028 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01);
Abstract
An image acquisition unit acquires an endoscopic image photographed by an endoscope. A segmentation unit partitions the endoscopic image into a plurality of regions. A depth information generator generates depth information indicating a depth of the endoscopic image. A recognition unit specifies a direction in which the endoscope is advanceable based on region information indicating a result of segmentation by the segmentation unit and depth information of the endoscopic image generated by the depth information generator.