Autofocus control device, endoscope apparatus, and operation method of autofocus control device

    公开(公告)号:US11141050B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16430960

    申请日:2019-06-04

    Inventor: Naoya Kuriyama

    Abstract: An autofocus control device includes a processor. The processor performs an image acquisition process of acquiring an object image captured by an imaging section, a treatment determination process of determining whether or not treatment is being performed based on the object image, a focus evaluation area setting process of setting either a preset area or a treatment area set based on the object image, as a focus evaluation area in the object image based on a determination result of the treatment determination process, and a focus control process of performing focus control of the imaging section based on a focus evaluation value of the focus evaluation area.

    Endoscope device and focus control method for endoscope device

    公开(公告)号:US10820787B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US15656638

    申请日:2017-07-21

    Inventor: Naoya Kuriyama

    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus comprises a processor comprising hardware. The processor is configured to implement a motion amount calculation process and a focus control process. The processor implements the motion amount calculation process that calculates a plurality of local motion amounts, calculates a correlation between each of the plurality of local motion amounts and a peripheral local motion amount, and calculates the relative motion amount based on a local motion amount among the plurality of local motion amounts that has the correlation higher than a given correlation. And the processor implements the focus control process that calculates a cumulative motion amount by accumulating the relative motion amount over N frames (wherein N is a natural number equal to or larger than 3), and causes the imaging section to perform a focus operation when it has been determined that the cumulative motion amount is larger than the first threshold value.

    Endoscope device
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10264948B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15173868

    申请日:2016-06-06

    Inventor: Naoya Kuriyama

    Abstract: An endoscope device includes: a light source unit; an imaging device; a color filter in which a filter unit is arranged, the filter unit in which the number of filters which transmit light of a green wavelength band is equal to or larger than half the total number of filters and the number of filters which transmit light of a blue wavelength band is equal to or larger than the number of filters which transmit the light of the green wavelength band; and a noise reducing unit configured to select a pixel of interest based on used filter information determined according to the light emitted by the light source unit and a characteristic of each filter forming the color filter and detect motion between images captured at different times by using an electric signal output by the pixel of interest, thereby reducing a noise component included in the image signal.

    Endoscope apparatus and focus control method

    公开(公告)号:US10799085B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-13

    申请号:US15831969

    申请日:2017-12-05

    Inventor: Naoya Kuriyama

    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes a processor comprising hardware. The processor implements a motion information acquisition process that acquires motion information representing a relative motion with respect to an imaging section and an object, a motion information determination process that determines motion information reliability indicating reliability of the motion information, and a focus control process that determines whether or not to perform a focus operation to cause the imaging section to bring the object into focus based on the motion information and the motion information reliability.

    Endoscopic image processing device, information storage device and image processing method
    6.
    发明授权
    Endoscopic image processing device, information storage device and image processing method 有权
    内窥镜图像处理装置,信息存储装置及图像处理方法

    公开(公告)号:US09521330B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-13

    申请号:US13907244

    申请日:2013-05-31

    Inventor: Naoya Kuriyama

    Abstract: The endoscopic image processing device includes an image acquisition section that acquires a normal observation image and a zoom observation image, the normal observation image being an image that includes an image of an object, and the zoom observation image being an image that magnifies the image of the object within an observation area that is part of the normal observation image, an attention area determination section that specifies an attention area on the zoom observation image, and a boundary setting section that detects a position of a boundary on the normal observation image that corresponds to a boundary of the attention area specified on the zoom observation image based on pixel values of the zoom observation image, and sets a boundary image at the detected position of the boundary on the normal observation image.

    Abstract translation: 内窥镜图像处理装置包括图像获取部,其获取正常观察图像和变焦观察图像,正常观察图像是包括对象的图像的图像,放大观察图像是放大图像的图像 作为正常观察图像的一部分的观察区域内的对象,指定变焦观察图像的关注区域的关注区域决定部,以及检测对应于正常观察图像的正常观察图像上的边界位置的边界设定部 到基于缩放观察图像的像素值在缩放观察图像上指定的关注区域的边界,并且在正常观察图像上的边界的检测位置处设置边界图像。

    Endoscope apparatus and operating method of endoscope apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11304597B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-19

    申请号:US16843013

    申请日:2020-04-08

    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes a processor. The processor performs controlling a focus position of an objective optical system, acquiring images sequentially captured by an image sensor, and combining the images in N frames thus captured into a depth of field extended image in one frame. The processor controls the focus position such that focus positions at timings when the respective images in N frames are captured differ from each other. The processor combines the images in N frames that have been controlled to receive a constant quantity of light emission of illumination light or the images in N frames that have undergone a correction process to make image brightness constant, into the depth of field extended image.

    IMAGING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMAGING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210044757A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US17082262

    申请日:2020-10-28

    Abstract: An imaging device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to implement controlling a focus position of an objective optical system configured to form an image of a subject on an image sensor, acquiring L×N images per second captured by the image sensor, and combining acquired M images into one extended depth of field image to extend a depth of field, and outputting L extended depth of field images per second. The processor sets one of the M images as a reference image, performs positioning of the other image or images of the M images with respect to the reference image, and combines the thus positioned M images into the one extended depth of field image.

    ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20180103829A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15831969

    申请日:2017-12-05

    Inventor: Naoya Kuriyama

    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes a processor comprising hardware. The processor implements a motion information acquisition process that acquires motion information representing a relative motion with respect to an imaging section and an object, a motion information determination process that determines motion information reliability indicating reliability of the motion information, and a focus control process that determines whether or not to perform a focus operation to cause the imaging section to bring the object into focus based on the motion information and the motion information reliability.

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