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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Takehide Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Kanno, Higashimurayama, JP;
Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Hino, JP;
Hidekazu Shinano, Hino, JP;
Takehide Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyotaka Kanno, Higashimurayama, JP;
Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Hino, JP;
Hidekazu Shinano, Hino, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscopic image processing apparatus includes an endoscope information reading section that reads endoscope information that is information relating to an endoscope from the endoscope, a synchronizing signal detecting section that is given an image pickup signal that includes a synchronizing signal outputted by an image pickup device provided in the endoscope from the endoscope, performs detection processing of the synchronizing signal, outputs the detected synchronizing signal when the synchronizing signal can be detected, and generates and outputs a synchronizing signal based on the endoscope information read by the endoscope information reading section when the synchronizing signal cannot be detected, and an image signal generating section that generates an image signal based on the synchronizing signal outputted from the synchronizing signal detecting section and the image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup device of the endoscope.