# US 11,298,011 B2 · Processing device, setting method and computer-readable recording medium

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- Number: US 11,298,011 B2
- Document ID: US11298011B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/194,464
- Filed: 2018-11-19
- Published: 2019-03-21
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2016-05-30
- Assignees: Olympus Corporation
- Applicants: Olympus Corporation
- Inventors: Yuji Kutsuma
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298011B2

## CPC

- A61B 1/045: Control thereof
- A61B 1/0655: {Control therefor}
- A61B 1/00: Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes (examination of body cavities or body tracts using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/12; endoscopic instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy A61B10/04); Illuminating arrangements therefor (for the eyes A61B3/00)
- A61B 1/00006: {of control signals}
- A61B 1/00009: {of image signals during a use of endoscope}
- A61B 1/000094: {extracting biological structures}
- A61B 1/000095: {for image enhancement}
- A61B 1/00059: {provided with identification means for the endoscope}
- A61B 1/043: {for fluorescence imaging}
- A61B 1/0638: {providing two or more wavelengths}
- G02B 23/24: Instruments {or systems} for viewing the inside of hollow bodies, e.g. fibrescopes
- H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
- H04N 23/74: by influencing the scene brightness using illuminating means
- H04N 23/555: {for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A processing device to which an endoscope inserted into a subject is connected includes: an image processor configured to execute image processing based on a setting value set in advance relating to the image processing on image data; a recorder configured to record setting information as setting values for respective multiple sets of image processing, the setting values being determined according to a combination of: at least one of identification information and observation light information; and each of multiple modes; an acquisition unit configured to acquire: at least one of the identification information and the observation light information; and information about one of the multiple modes selected by a user; and a setting unit configured to set the setting information specified based on a result of acquisition as the setting values used in the image processing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A processing device to which an endoscope insertable into a subject is connected, the processing device comprising:
an image processor configured to execute image processing based on a setting value set in advance relating to the image processing on image data generated by the endoscope by capturing an image of an inside of the subject; and
a controller configured to:
access a recorder configured to record setting information as setting values for respective multiple sets of image processing, the setting values being determined according to a combination of:
at least one of identification information for identifying a type of the endoscope and observation light information about observation light that is emittable by a light source device that supplies the observation light to the endoscope for irradiating the inside of the subject; and
each of multiple modes,
wherein, for each combination of the identification information and the observation light information, the each of multiple modes is recorded in correspondence with the setting values for the respective multiple sets of image processing;
perform an acquisition of:
at least one of the identification information for identifying the endoscope connected to the processing device and the observation light information supplied by the light source device; and
information about one of the multiple modes selected by a user; and
set the setting information specified based on a result of the acquisition as the setting values used in the image processing executed by the image processor;
wherein the controller is further confiqured to:
receive an instruction signal to change any one of the multiple modes and the setting values for the respective multiple sets of the image processing; and
in response to receiving the instruction signal to change any one of the setting values for the multiple sets of the image processing, collectively change setting values for respective sets of image processing that are determined by a mode corresponding to a setting value to which the setting value is changed according to the instruction signal and, meanwhile, in response to receiving the instruction signal to make a change to any one of the multiple modes, collectively change setting values for respective sets of image processing that are determined by the mode into which the mode is changed according to the instruction signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The processing device according to claim 1, wherein the multiple modes at least correspond to steps in endoscopic surgery.

### Claim 3

A setting method executed by a processing device to which an endoscope insertable into a subject is connected, the setting method comprising:
executing, by an image processor image processing based on a setting value set in advance relating to the image processing on image data generated by the endoscope by capturing an image of an inside of the subject;
accessing, by a controller, a recorder configured to record setting information as setting values for respective multiple sets of image processing, the setting values being determined according to a combination of:
at least one of identification information for identifying a type of the endoscope and observation light information about observation light that is emittable by a light source device that supplies the observation light to the endoscope for irradiating the inside of the subject; and
each of multiple modes,
wherein, for each combination of the identification information and the observation light information, the each of multiple modes is recorded in correspondence with the setting values for the respective multiple sets of image processing;
performing, by the controller, an acquisition of:
at least one of the identification information for identifying the endoscope connected to the processing device and the observation light information supplied by the light source device; and
information about one of the multiple modes selected by a user; and
setting, by the controller, the setting information specified based on a result of the acquisition as the setting values used in the image processing executed by the image processor;
receiving, by the controller, an instruction signal to change any one of the multiple modes and the setting values for the respective multiple sets of the image processing; and
in response to receiving the instruction signal to change any one of the setting values for the multiple sets of the image processing, collectively changing, by the controller, setting values for respective sets of image processing that are determined by a mode corresponding to a setting value to which the setting value is changed according to the instruction signal and, meanwhile, in response to receiving the instruction signal to make a change to any one of the multiple modes, collectively changing, by the controller, setting values for respective sets of image processing that are determined by the mode into which the mode is changed according to the instruction signal.

### Claim 4

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which an executable program is recorded, the executable program instructing one or more processors of a processing device to which an endoscope insertable into a subject is connected, to at least:
execute image processing based on a setting value set in advance relating to the image processing on image data generated by the endoscope by capturing an image of an inside of the subject;
access a recorder configured to record setting information as setting values for respective multiple sets of image processing, the setting values being determined according to a combination of:
at least one of identification information for identifying a type of the endoscope and observation light information about observation light that is emittable by a light source device that supplies the observation light to the endoscope for irradiating the inside of the subject; and
each of multiple modes,
wherein, for each combination of the identification information and the observation light information, the each of multiple modes is recorded in correspondence with the setting values for the respective multiple sets of image processing;
perform an acquisition of:
at least one of the identification information for identifying the endoscope connected to the processing device and the observation light information supplied by the light source device: and
information about one of the multiple modes selected by a user; and
set the setting information specified based on a result of the acquisition as the setting values used in the image processing executed by the image processor;
receive an instruction siqnal to change any one of the multiple modes and the setting values for the respective multiple sets of the image processing; and
in response to receivinq the instruction siqnal to chanqe any one of the settinq values for the multiple sets of the imaqe processinq, collectively chanqe settinq values for respective sets of image processing that are determined by a mode corresponding to a setting value to which the setting value is changed according to the instruction signal and, meanwhile, in response to receiving the instruction signal to make a change to any one of the multiple modes, collectively change setting values for respective sets of image processing that are determined by the mode into which the mode is changed according to the instruction signal.