公开(公告)号：US09913571B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US15281655

申请日：2016-09-30

Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventor： Tatsuya Obara ,  Takeshi Takahashi ,  Takashi Ito ,  Hideyuki Kugimiya

IPC: A61B1/04 ,  A61B1/005 ,  A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/12 ,  G02B23/24 ,  A61B1/015 ,  A61B1/018

CPC classification number: A61B1/0051 ,  A61B1/00009 ,  A61B1/0005 ,  A61B1/00091 ,  A61B1/00181 ,  A61B1/015 ,  A61B1/018 ,  A61B1/12 ,  A61B1/126 ,  G02B23/2484

Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an insertion portion inserted into a subject; a forward image pickup device configured to acquire a first subject image from a first direction; an image pickup device configured to acquire a second subject image from a second direction; and an image processing section configured to generate a bird's-eye view image based on a bird's-eye view subject image looking down on the subject from a virtual point of view away from the insertion portion and configured to execute a process of associating the first subject image and the first direction in the bird's-eye view subject image and associating the second subject image and the second direction in the bird's-eye view subject image.

公开(公告)号：US20190110662A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16218647

申请日：2018-12-13

Applicant: Olympus Corporation

Inventor： Tatsuya Obara ,  Takanori Watanabe ,  Jin Ito

IPC: A61B1/00 ,  A61B1/015 ,  A61B1/05

Abstract: An endoscope comprises an insertion portion having a distal-end surface configured to be inserted into a body. The insertion portion includes a suction port being formed in the distal-end surface for drawing in liquid from the body. A protrusive portion having a passageway formed thereto. The protrusive portion is protruded from the distal-end surface. The passageway is formed in the protrusive portion to remove the liquid positioned in facing relationship with respect to the distal-end surface and opposite of the suction port across the protrusive portion toward the suction port.