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Title:
ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND POOR VISIBILITY DETERMINATION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/035923
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An endoscope system is provided with an imaging unit for imaging disposed in an endoscope, a determination unit determines whether or not a specific observation target is present in the imaging region of the imaging unit, a recognition unit which determines, from the imaged image in the aforementioned imaging region imaged by the imaging unit, whether or not the specific observation target is in a state in which the same can recognized as an image, and a poor visibility determination output unit which determines that the imaging unit has poor visibility and outputs a poor visibility determination result if the determination unit determines that the specific observation target is present in the aforementioned imaging region but the aforementioned recognition unit cannot recognize the specific observation target as an image.

Inventors:
MORIYAMA HIROKI (JP)
UMEMOTO YOSHITAKA
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/068626
Publication Date:
March 22, 2012
Filing Date:
August 17, 2011
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP (JP)
MORIYAMA HIROKI (JP)
UMEMOTO YOSHITAKA
International Classes:
A61B1/04; A61B1/00
Foreign References:
JPH08336497A1996-12-24
JP2008301968A2008-12-18
JP2006166939A2006-06-29
JP2005124756A2005-05-19
JPH11318909A1999-11-24
JP2007159738A2007-06-28
JP2009131466A2009-06-18
JPH0698854A1994-04-12
JPH09149876A1997-06-10
JPH10243919A1998-09-14
JPH10276974A1998-10-20
JP2007222238A2007-09-06
JPH09266882A1997-10-14
JPH11309156A1999-11-09
JPH11318909A1999-11-24
JP2007159738A2007-06-28
Other References:
See also references of EP 2532299A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH SUSUMU (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
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