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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Masahiro Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Takahira, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Kuramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Takahira, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Kuramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A narrow-band observation image and a spectral estimation image are automatically switched based on the type of a subject. In an endoscopic image obtained by a scope, judgment is made as to whether the endoscopic image was obtained by close-up imaging or by distant-view imaging. When it is judged that the endoscopic image was obtained by distant-view imaging, white light is output from a light source unit and a spectral estimation image is output. When it is judged that the endoscopic image was obtained by close-up imaging, narrow-band light is output from the light source unit and a narrow-band observation image that has been obtained when the narrow-band light was output is output.