Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope system, white balance adjustment method therefor, and image processing apparatus for endoscope
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Application No.: US15371351Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US09813688B2Publication Date: 2017-11-07
- Inventor: Kyoko Honda , Yugo Koizumi , Mai Ojima
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2014-124697 20140617
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04 ; H04N9/73 ; G02B23/24 ; A61B1/045

Abstract:
An endoscope system includes: an electronic endoscope that obtains an image of an inside of a subject; a first storage unit that is provided at the electronic endoscope and that stores first information, the first information including white balance data that depends on an apparatus used in the past together with the electronic endoscope; an image processing apparatus that is connected to the electronic endoscope and that applies processing to an image of the subject; a second storage unit that is provided at the image processing apparatus or a storage medium connected to the image processing apparatus and that stores second information, the second information including white balance correction data for correcting the white balance data; and a white balance adjustment unit that adjusts the white balance of the image obtained by the electronic endoscope, on the basis of the first information and the second information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170085851A1 Endoscope System, White Balance Adjustment Method Therefor, and Image Processing Apparatus for Endoscope Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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