Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus and operating method of endoscope apparatus
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Application No.: US16843013Application Date: 2020-04-08
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Publication No.: US11304597B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Koichiro Yoshino , Naoya Kuriyama
- 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: A61B1/045
- IPC: A61B1/045 ; A61B1/00 ; H04N5/232 ; A61B1/05 ; A61B1/06 ; A61B1/07

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes a processor. The processor performs controlling a focus position of an objective optical system, acquiring images sequentially captured by an image sensor, and combining the images in N frames thus captured into a depth of field extended image in one frame. The processor controls the focus position such that focus positions at timings when the respective images in N frames are captured differ from each other. The processor combines the images in N frames that have been controlled to receive a constant quantity of light emission of illumination light or the images in N frames that have undergone a correction process to make image brightness constant, into the depth of field extended image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200229688A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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