Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope system which generates an image of high dynamic range
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Application No.: US16702289Application Date: 2019-12-03
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Publication No.: US11375882B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Homma
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hachioji
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hachioji
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JPJP2017-112518 20170607
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/06 ; G02B27/12 ; G06T7/00 ; A61B1/05

Abstract:
An endoscope system includes an illuminator configured to switch between a first illumination light and a second illumination light for which a ratio of a quantity of light is 1/α, an objective optical system, an image sensor, an optical path splitter which is disposed between the objective optical system and the image sensor, the optical path splitter has an optical path splitting surface, a first reflecting surface, and a second reflecting surface. A processor acquires for each of the first illumination light and the second illumination light, a first image pickup signal and a second image pickup signal, combines the first image pickup signal and the second image pickup signal for the first illumination light and the first image pickup signal and the second image pickup signal for the second illumination light, and generates an image of a high dynamic range. Here, α denotes a coefficient.
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