Patent · US Active

Imaging device, endoscope system and imaging method using yellow-eliminated green data

US9443321B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
0References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 2010
Grant dateSep 13, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 21, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30092
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image generating device includes a first image-information generating unit that generates first image information based on a plurality of pieces of acquired color element information, a color-component detecting unit that detects a predetermined color component based on each piece of color element information, a color-component eliminating unit that eliminates the predetermined color component detected by the color-component detecting unit from a predetermined piece of color element information among the plurality of pieces of color element information, and a second image-information generating unit that generates second color information based on a piece of color element information obtained by eliminating the predetermined color component by the color-component eliminating unit and another piece of color element information.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.