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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuma Kaneko, Hachioji, JP;
Tomoki Iwasaki, Fuchu, JP;
Susumu Hashimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Yuji Kutsuma, Kokubunji, JP;
Susumu Kawata, Hachioji, JP;
Soichiro Koshika, Mitaka, JP;
Tadao Eto, Musashino, JP;
Takahiro Tanabe, Tachikawa, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus has an illuminating unit that performs illumination with a first light once and performs illumination with a second light a plurality of times within a predetermined time period, an image pickup unit that outputs a first image pickup signal based on the illumination with the first light and a second image pickup signal based on the illumination with the second light, a clipping processing unit that clips the first and the second image pickup signals, a brightness calculating unit that calculates a first brightness, a composite ratio calculating unit that calculates a composite ratio according to a brightness target value and the first brightness, a composite processing unit that combines the first and the second image pickup signals according to the composite ratio, and a setting unit that sets a clip level according to the composite ratio.