Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical skin examination device and method for processing and enhancing an image of a skin lesion
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Application No.: US15421749Application Date: 2017-02-01
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Publication No.: US09858666B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Yoshiharu Houjou , Nobuhiro Aoki
- Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Priority: JP2014-019906 20140205
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T5/50 ; G06T5/20 ; H04N5/907 ; G06T5/00 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
A medical skin examination device configured to diagnose a skin lesion includes: a first storage unit configured to store an original first skin image related to a dermoscopy structure imaged via a dermoscope; an image conversion unit configured to apply High Dynamic Range (HDR) conversion processing to the first skin image and obtain a second skin image in which the dermoscopy structure is made clear and salient; a second storage unit configured to store the second skin image; and a display control unit configured execute control so as to display at least one of the first skin image and the second skin image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170148165A1 MEDICAL SKIN EXAMINATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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