Method of processing endoscopic images
First Claim
1. A method of processing endoscope images taken by an endoscope having an insertion section, a bending section provided at a distal end of the insertion section and an operation section for controlling a movement of the bending section, comprising the steps of:
- entering a first endoscopic image of an object taken by the endoscope situated in a first position;
entering a second endoscopic image of the object taken by the endoscope situated in a second position;
said second endoscopic image being at least partially overlapped with said first endoscopic image; and
detecting a positional relation between said first and second positions of the endoscope.
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Abstract
A method of processing images taken by an endoscope having insertion section, bending section and operation section including a step of entering a first image of an object taken by the endoscope having the bending section situated in a first position, a step of entering a second image taken by the endoscope having the bending section situated in a second position, after moving the bending section into the second position by operating an operation member, the first image being partially overlapped with the second image, a step of detecting a positional relation between the first and second positions by detecting the movement of the bending section, a step of deriving a distance between corresponding points on the first and second images, a step of deriving three dimensional information of the object, and a step of displaying a three dimensional image of the object in accordance with the three dimensional information.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of processing endoscope images taken by an endoscope having an insertion section, a bending section provided at a distal end of the insertion section and an operation section for controlling a movement of the bending section, comprising the steps of:
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entering a first endoscopic image of an object taken by the endoscope situated in a first position; entering a second endoscopic image of the object taken by the endoscope situated in a second position;
said second endoscopic image being at least partially overlapped with said first endoscopic image; anddetecting a positional relation between said first and second positions of the endoscope. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of processing endoscopic images taken by an endoscope having an insertion section, a bending section provided at a distal end of the insertion section, and an operation section for controlling a movement of the bending section, comprising the steps of:
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entering a first endoscopic image of an object taken by the endoscope in a first position; entering a second endoscopic image of the object taken by the endoscope in a second position, said second endoscopic image being at least partially overlapped with said first endoscopic image; detecting a positional relation between said first and second endoscopic images; and processing said first and second endoscopic images in accordance with said positional relation to derive geometric information of the object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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