Observation apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsHiroyuki Kamee, Masahiro Nishio, Takeshi Ito, Eiji Yamamoto
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An observation apparatus includes an imager, a light source unit, an image processor and a light intensity adjusting section. The imager includes types of elements which generate a first signal when the elements receive light included in a sensitivity region. The light source unit includes light sources to emit narrow spectrum light, wavelengths of the light being different from one another and being set so that at least one of the wavelengths is included in each of the sensitivity regions. The image processor generates display data indicating a color image on the basis of the image data. The light intensity adjusting section separately adjusts respective light intensity of the light sources.
Claims16
An observation apparatus comprising:
- an imager that includes types of elements each of which performs photoelectric conversion to generate a first signal when receiving light included in a sensitivity region that is a predetermined wavelength region and in which the sensitivity regions are different from one another, the imager generating image data including the first signal based on an object image;
- a light source unit which includes light sources to emit narrow spectrum light, wavelengths of the narrow spectrum light emitted by each of the light sources being different from one another, and the wavelengths of the narrow spectrum light being set so that at least one of the wavelengths of the narrow spectrum light is included in each of the sensitivity regions of the types of the elements included in the imager;
- an image processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to generate display data indicating a color image on the basis of the image data;
- and
- a light intensity adjusting section that separately adjusts each light intensity of the light sources so that a color reproducibility of the color image heightens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.