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US 2020/0138269 A1Published application
Insertion support device, insertion support method, and endoscope apparatus including insertion support device
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorHirokazu NISHIMURA
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Abstract
An insertion support device includes an image input section to which endoscopic images generated in time series are input, a situation determination section configured to determine a situation of endoscope insertion based on the inputted endoscopic images, and an information output section configured to output information corresponding to at least one operation from information corresponding to operations prepared in association with an endoscope insertion procedure, based on a determination result by the situation determination section.
Claims19
An insertion support device comprising:
- an image input section to which a plurality of endoscopic images generated in time series are input;
- a situation determination section configured to determine a situation of endoscope insertion based on the plurality of inputted endoscopic images;
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- an information output section configured to output information corresponding to at least one operation from information corresponding to a plurality of operations prepared in association with an endoscope insertion procedure, based on a determination result by the situation determination section.
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An insertion support method comprising:
- inputting a plurality of time-sequentially generated endoscopic images;
- determining a situation of endoscope insertion based on the plurality of inputted endoscopic images;
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- outputting information corresponding to at least one operation from information corresponding to a plurality of operations prepared in association with an endoscope insertion procedure, based on the determining the situation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.