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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1990
Takao Tsuruoka, Hachioji, JP;
Keiichi Hiyama, Akishima, JP;
Kazunari Nakamura, Hachioji, JP;
Yutaka Konomura, Tachikawa, JP;
Masahide Kanno, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichiro Hattori, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope image signal photoelectrically converted by an image sensing device in an endoscope is compressed by an image compressing apparatus and then recorded in a recording apparatus, whereby the number of image frames recordable in the recording apparatus can be increased. Also, the image compression is effectively performed, for example, by changing a compression ratio dependent on a quantity of respective image information contained in plural components of the endoscope image signal, whereby a quantity of information actually recorded can be reduced.