公开(公告)号：US20210004961A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US17025225

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： Masaki TAKAHASHI ,  Hironao KAWANO ,  Takeshi NISHIYAMA

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06K9/78 ,  G06T7/70 ,  A61B1/04 ,  A61B1/00

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an identification circuit configured to calculate a characteristic of each of a plurality of image groups captured when a capsule endoscope is introduced into a subject multiple times, each image group being a group of images that are captured each time the capsule endoscope is introduced into the subject, and identify, based on the calculated characteristic, a first region or a second region in each image group, the first region being a region that does not include an image of the subject captured by the capsule endoscope, the second region being a region that is regarded as not including the captured image of the subject; and a first specifying circuit configured to specify at least one section of the subject in the image groups, the at least one section including the first region or the second region.