Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a noise reduction method, comprising: for each of multi-layer regions each containing a pixel of interest and having a successively reducing area, calculating a pixel statistic value of pixels in that region; for each of successive layers, correcting the pixel statistic value for a region at a current layer using a corrected pixel statistic value for a region at a preceding layer having a greater area than that of the region at the current layer; and correcting the pixel of interest using a corrected pixel statistic value for a region with a smallest area.
Abstract:
An image processing device (100) includes a gradation correction value acquiring unit (12) that acquires a gradation correction value representing a ratio of a luminance component of an input image and a luminance component of an output image, a chroma analyzing unit (13) that calculates a chroma correction value, in which the total sum of degrees of chroma discrepancy between an analysis image equal to or different from the input image and a corrected image obtained by correcting a luminance component of the analysis image on the basis of one or more gradation correction values is the minimum, in correspondence with the gradation correction value, and an image output unit (14) that outputs as the output image an image obtained by correcting the input image received by the image input unit (11) on the basis of the gradation correction value acquired by the gradation correction value acquiring unit (12) and the chroma correction value correlated with the gradation correction value.
Abstract:
A connector system includes a plug section, and a receptacle section having a concave portion in an inside of which the plug section can be inserted, wherein the plug section includes a flange portion including a first inclined surface portion which increases in diameter toward an extraction direction, and a second inclined surface portion which decreases in diameter toward the extraction direction on an extraction direction side of the first inclined surface portion, in which an inclination angle with respect to an insertion direction of the second inclined surface portion is larger than an inclination angle with respect to the insertion direction of the first inclined surface portion, and the receptacle section includes a ball which is placed to be projectable/retractable from a side surface portion of the concave portion.
Abstract:
A light emitting unit includes at least one electrode member having high thermal conductivity and low resistance, and one or more flip-chip-type light emitting device of which an anode electrode side or a cathode electrode side is connected to the electrode member, and wherein the electrode member extends in a longitudinal direction thereof, and heat generated in the light emitting device is to be released along the longitudinal direction of the electrode member.
Abstract:
In super-resolution processing in which a plurality of low resolution images are synthesized to generate a high resolution image, a high-quality high-resolution image is to be generated with suppression of the noise ascribable to motion estimation error. Motion estimating means 11 estimates motion of pixels between a basis image selected out of plural low resolution images and remaining reference images, and outputs a result of motion estimation. Motion estimation reliability evaluating means 12 evaluates reliability of the result of motion estimation output from the motion estimating means 11, based on such as analogy in luminance of pixels, correlated by the results of the motion estimation, and outputs a motion estimation reliability value indicating the degree of reliability. High resolution image estimating means 16 synthesizes the respective pixels of the input low resolution images with weighting conforming to the motion estimation reliability value output from the motion estimation reliability evaluating means 12 to generate a high resolution image.
Abstract:
A medical apparatus includes: a first illumination window through which a first illumination light from a first light source is irradiated to a subject; a second illumination window at different position than the first illumination window, through which a second illumination light from a second light source is irradiated to the subject; an electronic image pickup section which picks up subject images; an image creation section which generates observation images based on image pickup signals obtained by the electronic image pickup section; a light adjustment section which synchronously adjusts respective amounts of illumination lights irradiated from the first and second illumination windows; and a control unit which controls the light adjustment section or image creation section to maintain color tone of the observation image to a predetermined one according to increase/decrease of the illumination light amount from the first illumination window.
Abstract:
An endoscopic system includes an endoscope and an illuminating device. The endoscope includes an elongated insertion section having a distal end and a proximal end, an operation section disposed in the proximal end of the insertion section, and a light guide inserted through the operation section and the insertion section, having an incidence end face in the operation section, and having an emission end face in the distal end of the insertion section. The illuminating device is optically connected to the incidence end face of the light guide disposed in the operation section, and has a light source which feeds light to the incidence end face. The light guide is provided with a light emitting element which emits light in parallel with the light-source light emitted from the emission end face.
Abstract:
A light source device including a lamp-exchanging door which is attached/removed when a lamp is replaced and an electrode-connection/separation arrangement for making connection/separation between an electrode of a lamp driving circuit and an electrode of a lamp when the lamp-exchanging door is attached/removed.
Abstract:
This rigid electronic endoscope is formed of an endoscope body and an elongate tubular guide tube. An insertable part to be inserted through the guide tube is provided in front of this endoscope body. A solid state imaging device as an imaging means is provided in the tip part of this insertable part and a supporting part of a cross-sectional area smaller than of this tip part is provided in the rear of this tip part. A space as a treating tool inserting path or as a liquid feeding and sucking tube path which can feed and drain an irrigating liquid is formed between this supporting part and the inner surface of the guide tube.
Abstract:
The disclosed image processing method uses a plurality of images as input images, and on the basis of a degree of similarity to an input image group and an evaluation of the quantity of edges of an overall image, a new image is generated; and is an image processing method for estimating a specified color characteristic degree indicating a degree of similarity between a pixel color of a generated image predicted from the input image group and a specified color that has been specified beforehand, and for, on the basis of the specified color characteristic degree, modifying a weight corresponding to the edge quantity of each pixel within the generated image, and generating an image wherein the manner of reproduction of edges of areas of the specified color differs from other regions.