Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope apparatus and operation method of endoscope apparatus
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Application No.: US17133793Application Date: 2020-12-24
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Publication No.: US12023007B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Seigo On , Yasunori Morita , Masashi Hirota , Jumpei Takahashi
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B1/06
- IPC: A61B1/06 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source device alternately emitting a first illumination light group including green light and a second illumination light group not including the green light; an image sensor including color filters of a plurality of colors; and a processing circuit. The processing circuit generates a display image on the basis of an image obtained with the first illumination light group and an image obtained with the second illumination light group. The first illumination light group further includes blue narrowband light together with the green light. The processing circuit generates a green channel image in the display image on the basis of a green image and a blue narrowband image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210145266A1 ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-05-20
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