Imaging apparatus for controlling fluorescence imaging in divided imaging surface
    1.
    发明授权
    Imaging apparatus for controlling fluorescence imaging in divided imaging surface 有权
    用于在分割的成像表面中控制荧光成像的成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US09414739B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-16

    申请号:US14641603

    申请日:2015-03-09

    CPC classification number: A61B1/043 A61B1/00009 A61B1/045 A61B1/0638

    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an excitation light emission unit that irradiates a subject with excitation light for exciting a fluorescent substance introduced into the subject; a normal light emission unit that irradiates the subject with normal light including a visible wavelength range different from the excitation light; an imaging unit that forms an optical image of the subject irradiated with the excitation light or normal light on an imaging surface to generate an image signal; a brightness signal generation unit that generates a brightness signal indicating brightness, based on the image signal generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the normal light; and an amplification unit that sets an amplification factor of the image signal to be generated by the imaging unit under irradiation with the excitation light, based on an amplification factor of the image signal according to the brightness signal generated by the brightness signal generation unit.

    Abstract translation: 一种成像装置,包括:激发光发射单元,其用激发光照射被检体,用于激发引入到被检体内的荧光物质; 正常的发光单元,其用包括与激发光不同的可见波长范围的普通光照射对象; 成像单元,其在成像表面上形成用激发光或正常光照射的被摄体的光学图像,以产生图像信号; 亮度信号生成单元,其基于由所述摄像单元在照射所述正常光下产生的图像信号来生成表示亮度的亮度信号; 以及放大单元,其基于根据由亮度信号生成单元生成的亮度信号的图像信号的放大系数,设定由激励光照射时由摄像单元生成的图像信号的放大系数。

    Endoscope system, processing apparatus, and color enhancement method

    公开(公告)号:US11963668B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17940328

    申请日:2022-09-08

    Inventor: Kenji Yamazaki

    CPC classification number: A61B1/0655 A61B1/0638 A61B1/0661

    Abstract: An endoscope system includes a light source apparatus configured to cause light of a plurality of colors to be emitted at a first/second light amount ratio to generate first/second illumination light, an endoscope configured to generate an image pickup signal, and a processing apparatus including a processor. The processor causes the light source apparatus to emit light while switching light between the first/second illumination light, generates a first image signal from an image pickup signal related to the first illumination light, generates a second image signal from an image pickup signal related to the second illumination light and generates a corrected image signal in which color is enhanced based on the first and the second image signals. The second illumination light is light obtained by adjusting the second light amount ratio so that the second image signal related to a reference portion substantially indicates achromatic color.

    Light source apparatus for endoscope and light-emission amount control method for the same

    公开(公告)号:US11324396B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US17060278

    申请日:2020-10-01

    Inventor: Kenji Yamazaki

    Abstract: In a light source apparatus for endoscope, when a light-emission amount of a second light source is less than or equal to a predetermined light-emission amount, a light source control circuit performs a first light-emission amount control of changing the light-emission amounts of the first to third light sources so as to allow a color balance to be maintained at a predetermined color balance. When the light-emission amount of the second light source is greater than the predetermined light-emission amount, the light source control circuit performs a second light-emission amount control of changing the light-emission amount of the third light source by a method different from the first light-emission amount control while changing the light-emission amounts of the first and second light sources by the same method as the first light-emission amount control so as to allow the color balance to be different from the predetermined color balance.

    Endoscope system
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10694080B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-23

    申请号:US16419088

    申请日:2019-05-22

    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope having an image sensor configured to image an inside of a subject; a processor configured to perform predetermined image processing on a video signal that is imaged by the image sensor; a storage that is provided in the endoscope, the storage being configured to store compressed data obtained by compressing data volume of first non-compressed data that is used for correction of an image imaged by the image sensor; a restoring circuit configured to read the compressed data from the storage to restore the compressed data to the first non-compressed data when data is transferred from the endoscope to the processor; and an image correcting circuit that is provided in the endoscope, the image correcting circuit being configured to correct the image imaged by the image sensor by using the first non-compressed data restored by the restoring circuit.

    IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190238831A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16382277

    申请日:2019-04-12

    CPC classification number: H04N17/002 A61B1/04 G02B23/24 H04N7/18

    Abstract: A processing device includes a processing circuit configurable according to a type of an endoscope, and a control circuit configured to detect a connection state of the endoscope, and measure a disconnection time from disconnection to reconnection. The control circuit is also configured to determine that currently and previously connected endoscopes are of the same type when the disconnection time is shorter than a predetermined time, reconfigure the processing circuit according to the type of the endoscope when it is determined that the currently and previously connected endoscopes are not of the same type, and not reconfigure the processing circuit when it is determined that the currently and previously connected endoscopes are of the same type.

    Endoscope system, endoscope apparatus, light source apparatus, and method of operating endoscope system

    公开(公告)号:US11490798B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16666730

    申请日:2019-10-29

    Inventor: Kenji Yamazaki

    Abstract: An endoscope system includes a light source configured to generate violet light, blue light, green light, and red light, a filter switching mechanism configured to change a spectrum of the green light emitted from the light source, a light amount adjustment circuit configured to respectively adjust light amounts of lights in three colors, that is, the violet light, the blue light, and the red light, an image sensor configured to pick up an image of an object illuminated with the green light including the spectrum changed by the filter switching mechanism and the lights in the three colors respectively including the light amounts adjusted by the light amount adjustment circuit, and a highlighting processing circuit configured to subject an image obtained by image pickup of the object illuminated with the green light including the spectrum changed by the filter switching mechanism to highlighting processing.

    Observation system
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10085629B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15586423

    申请日:2017-05-04

    Inventor: Kenji Yamazaki

    Abstract: An observation system includes: a light source portion configured to generate light of a first wavelength band, and light of a second wavelength band; an emphasizing processing portion configured to perform processing for highlighting a structure positioned in a layer of a predetermined depth in the biological tissue, to an image obtained by picking up an image of return light from the biological tissue; a selecting portion configured to change an emphasis amount; and a control portion configured to increase a ratio of a light quantity of the light of the second wavelength band to the light quantity of the light of the first wavelength band when the emphasis amount is increased, or decrease the ratio of the light quantity of the light of the second wavelength band to the light quantity of the light of the first wavelength band when the emphasis amount is decreased.

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