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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoki Iwasaki, Fuchu, JP;
Ryuichi Yamazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes: a detector configured to detect a movement of an organ that moves a subject and output a detection signal; an image pickup portion configured to pick up an image of the subject and output a plurality of picked-up images; and a freeze processing portion configured to calculate a movement evaluation value evaluated according to the detection signal of the detector for at least some of the plurality of picked-up images, and determine a still image from the plurality of picked-up images based on the evaluated movement evaluation value.