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Endoscope system

US9824445B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 2016
Grant dateNov 21, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An endoscope system for analyzing, when an endoscope is inserted into a subject, an observed region and an unobserved region of the endoscope using information of a three-dimensional image of the subject obtained in advance, including: one or more processors comprising hardware, for: three-dimensionally changing a display direction for displaying a luminal organ model extracted from a three-dimensional image, and when an identification image provided with identification information is generated on the luminal organ model with the display direction changed, generating the identification image in a direction such that a proportion of the non-angle-of-view region in the identification image is largest.

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