Endoscope system with front and lateral fields of view
US8419630B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B1/00181
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An endoscope system including an endoscope which acquires a front field-of-view image and a lateral field-of-view image of an object of observation; a detecting section which has a function capable of detecting whether a treatment instrument is used or not in the endoscope based on a notification signal which is outputted when the treatment instrument is inserted into the endoscope; and an image processing section. The image processing section generates an observation image including the front field-of-view image and the lateral field-of-view image within the same screen, displays a magnified image of one field-of-view image out of the front field-of-view image and the lateral field-of-view image on a display, and performs adjacent part display processing of displaying only a part of the one field-of-view image which is adjacent to the other field-of-view image or image compression processing of displaying a compressed image of the other field-of-view image on the display.
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