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ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

  • US 20150363929A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2015
  • Published: 12/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An endoscope apparatus comprising:

  • an image acquisition section that acquires a captured image that includes an image of an object;

    a distance information acquisition section that acquires distance information based on a distance from an imaging section to the object when the imaging section captured the captured image;

    a known characteristic information acquisition section that acquires known characteristic information, the known characteristic information being information that represents known characteristics relating to the object; and

    an enhancement processing section that performs an enhancement process that corresponds to the distance information based on the known characteristic information,the enhancement processing section determining an observation state with respect to the object, performing a first enhancement process as the enhancement process on a concave-convex part of the object that agrees with the characteristics represented by the known characteristic information when the enhancement processing section has determined that the observation state is a screening observation state, and performing a second enhancement process as the enhancement process on the concave-convex part of the object that agrees with the characteristics represented by the known characteristic information when the enhancement processing section has determined that the observation state is a zoom observation state.

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