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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yusuke Tomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Nishimura, Hachioji, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Kariya, JP;
Sawako Shibata, Tama, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/26 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); G02B 23/24 (2013.01); G02B 23/26 (2013.01); G06K 9/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); G06K 2209/053 (2013.01); G06K 2209/40 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a feature value calculating section that calculates a feature value from an image picked up of a living mucous membrane, an extraction section that extracts a structure corresponding to the feature value, and a region division section that divides the structure into partial regions according to a predetermined condition.