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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Junichi Ohnishi, Hachioji, JP;
Shunya Akimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Eiichi Kobayashi, Tama, JP;
Fumihiro Asano, Gifu, JP;
Hiroshi Moriya, Fukushima, JP;
Junichi Ohnishi, Hachioji, JP;
Shunya Akimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Eiichi Kobayashi, Tama, JP;
Fumihiro Asano, Gifu, JP;
Hiroshi Moriya, Fukushima, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an endoscope devicein accordance with the present invention, a navigation screenis displayed. The navigation screenincludes: an endoscopic live image display areain which a live image produced by a bronchoscopeis displayed; a VBS image display areain which a VBS image is displayed; and a thumbnail VBS image areain which images constructed by reducing VBS images that represent all branch points on a route are displayed as thumbnail VBS images representing branch points. Consequently, an endoscope can be reliably navigated to reach a target region using guide images that represent actual branch positions.