Endoscope system, image generation method, and storage medium
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorJunya Yamada
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Abstract
An endoscope system includes a first processor and a second processor. The first processor is configured to receive an information including a number of times an endoscope is used, and determine if the number of times the endoscope is used is equal to or larger than a predetermined number of times. The second processor is configured to overwrite a first image correction data with a second image correction data when the first processor determines the number of times the endoscope is used is equal to or larger than the predetermined number of times.
Claims20
A control device for use with an endoscope, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive an information including a number of times the endoscope is used;
- determine if the number of times the endoscope is used is smaller than or equal to or larger than a predetermined number of times;
- in response to determining the number of times the endoscope is used is smaller than the predetermined number of times, generate a first image;
- and
- in response to determining the number of times the endoscope is used is equal to or larger than the predetermined number of times, generate a second image,
- wherein a first visibility of the first image is higher than a second visibility of the second image,
- wherein the first visibility and the second visibility depend on a timing to read endoscopic image data from the endoscope.
An image generation method, comprising:
- receiving information including a number of times an endoscope is used;
- determining if the number of times the endoscope is used is smaller than or equal to or larger than a predetermined number of times;
- in response to determining the number of times the endoscope is used is smaller than the predetermined number of times, generating a first image;
- and
- in response to determining the number of times the endoscope is used is equal to or larger than the predetermined number of times, generating a second image,
- wherein a first visibility of the first image is higher than a second visibility of the second image,
- wherein the first visibility and the second visibility depend on a timing to read endoscopic image data from the endoscope.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when implemented by a processor causes the processor to execute a method, the method comprising:
- receiving information including a number of times an endoscope is used;
- comparing the number of times the endoscope is used to a predetermined number of times;
- and
- in response to determining the number of times the endoscope is used is smaller than the predetermined number of times, generating a first image, in response to determining the number of times the endoscope is used is equal to or larger than the predetermined number of times, generating a second image,
- wherein a first visibility of the first image is higher than a second visibility of the second image,
- wherein the first visibility and the second visibility depend on a timing to read endoscopic image data from the endoscope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.