Three-dimensional endoscope system including a two-dimensional display image portion in a three-dimensional display image
AssigneeSony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
InventorsSumihiro Uchimura, Taihei Michihata
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Abstract
A three-dimensional endoscope system includes: an imaging unit configured to capture a first image and a second image having parallax with respect to each other; and an image generation unit configured to generate a display image for stereoscopic viewing by performing image processing on the first image and the second image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the image generation unit generates the display image based on the first image and a third image obtained by replacing a part of the second image with a part of the first image at a corresponding position.
Claims14
A three-dimensional endoscope system comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- capture a first image and a second image having parallax with respect to each other;
- perform image processing on the first image and the second image;
- and
- generate a display image for stereoscopic viewing based on the first image and a third image obtained by replacing a first part of the second image with a first part of the first image at a first corresponding position and a second part of the second image with a second part of the first image at a second corresponding position, the second part being spaced from the first part such that the display image includes a three-dimensional display image between two separate two-dimensional display images.
A three-dimensional endoscope system comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- capture a first image and a second image having parallax with respect to each other;
- perform image processing on the first image and the second image;
- determine presence or absence of movement of a subject appearing in the first image;
- and
- generate a display image for stereoscopic viewing based on the first image and a third image obtained by replacing a part of the second image with a part of the first image at a corresponding position, wherein the part is an entire periphery of the second image, such that a two-dimensional display image completely surrounds a three-dimensional display image.
A three-dimensional endoscope system comprising:
- circuitry configured to
- capture a first image and a second image having parallax with respect to each other;
- perform image processing on the first image and the second image;
- and
- generate a display image based on the first image and a third image obtained by replacing a part of the second image with a part of the first image at a corresponding position;
- calculate a length in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of a subject appearing in the first image;
- and
- on condition that a boundary is to be set based on the calculated length, set the boundary between the second image and the part of the first image in the third image in accordance with a distance between an image sensor providing the first and second images and the subject.
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