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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2013
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Masaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Yabe, Chofu, JP;
Tomoya Takahashi, Hachioji, JP;
Masato Toda, Hachioji, JP;
Yutaka Shirota, Sagamihara, JP;
Daisuke Akiyama, Fuchu, JP;
Koji Omori, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an endoscope system including: a light source apparatus detecting which color LED fails by a color sensor; a scope that irradiates a subject with illuminating light and takes in an optical image of the subject; a CCD that picks up an image of the optical image of the subject; a video processor that processes the picked up image; and a monitor that displays a processed image, wherein if a failure of any of the LEDs is detected by the color sensor, the light source apparatus generates illuminating light using LEDs of colors other than a color of the light-emitting device for which the failure is detected, and wherein the video processor switches image processing to image processing according to a color of the LED for which the failure is detected.