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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Masahiro Kubo, Saitama, JP;
Yasunori Ohta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masayuki Takahira, Saitama, JP;
Naoto Kinjo, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Masahiro Kubo, Saitama, JP;
Yasunori Ohta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masayuki Takahira, Saitama, JP;
Naoto Kinjo, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An endoscope image is obtained by imaging a subject with a scope. Then, an edge portion of the endoscope image is extracted and a complexity degree of the edge portion is detected. Thereafter, a determination is made as to whether the endoscope image is an image obtained through near view imaging or distant view imaging according to the complexity degree and an imaging condition is changed according to the determined near view imaging or distant view imaging.