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ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS

  • US 20120086790A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2011
  • Published: 04/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An endoscope apparatus comprising:

  • an illumination device configured to emit light to an object;

    an imaging device configured to generate a color imaging signal by imaging light reflected from the object irradiated by the light emitted from the illumination device;

    a normal image generation device configured to generate a normal image by performing normal image processing on the imaging signal obtained by the imaging device;

    a spectral image generation device configured to generate a spectral image corresponding to a preset optical narrow band by subjecting the color imaging signal obtained by the imaging device to matrix processing using matrix data of the preset optical narrow band;

    a display device configured to display a main screen region and a sub-screen region having a size less than a size of the main screen region;

    a display switching signal generation device configured to generate a display switching signal for switching a display content of the main screen region and the sub-screen region;

    a still picture display switching signal generation device configured to generate a still picture display switching signal for displaying a still image at a predetermined timing of a moving image instead of the moving image displayed in the main screen region in a state in which the moving image is displayed in the main screen region and the sub-screen region of the display device; and

    a display control device configured to control a screen display of the display device such that the normal image is displayed in any one of the main screen region and the sub-screen region, while the spectral image is displayed in another region, and the display control device configured to control the display device so as to selectively switch between a region for displaying the normal image and a region for displaying the spectral image based on the display switching signal generated by the display switching signal generation device, wherein,when the moving image of the normal image is displayed in the main screen region and the moving image of the spectral image is displayed in the sub-screen region, the display control device controls a screen display of the display device so as to switch the display of the main screen region from the moving image of the normal image to the still image of the normal image and to switch the display of the sub-screen region from the moving image of the spectral image to the moving image of the normal image based on the still picture display switching signal generated by the still picture display switching signal generation device.

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