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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Yoshifumi Donomae, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazunori Abe, Saitama, JP;
Yoshifumi Donomae, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazunori Abe, Saitama, JP;
Fujinon Corporation, Saitama-Shi, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic endoscope apparatus includes a connection unit for selectively connecting a plurality of machine types of electronic endoscopes which use different color information obtainment methods and a plurality of replacement tables which are provided for the plurality of machine types of electronic endoscopes respectively, and each of which stores a correspondence between values representing colors which can be obtained by each of the electronic endoscopes by photographing an observation object and values representing the true colors of the observation object. The electronic endoscope apparatus distinguishes the machine type of the electronic endoscope and replaces the values of obtained colors by using the replacement table for the distinguished machine type. Further, the electronic endoscope apparatus stores setting information for each purpose of examination, and further performs image processing, based on selected setting information, on the image of which the values of the colors have been replaced.