Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, endoscope apparatus, and operating method of imaging device
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Application No.: US17082262Application Date: 2020-10-28
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Publication No.: US11272092B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Naoya Kuriyama , Koichiro Yoshino
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04N5/00
- IPC: H04N5/00 ; A61B1/00 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
An imaging device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to implement controlling a focus position of an objective optical system configured to form an image of a subject on an image sensor, acquiring L×N images per second captured by the image sensor, and combining acquired M images into one extended depth of field image to extend a depth of field, and outputting L extended depth of field images per second. The processor sets one of the M images as a reference image, performs positioning of the other image or images of the M images with respect to the reference image, and combines the thus positioned M images into the one extended depth of field image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210044757A1 IMAGING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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