Endoscope insertion controlling apparatus
First Claim
1. An endoscope insertion controlling apparatus comprising:
- a region extracting means for extracting a plurality of regions corresponding to brightness from an endoscope image by a plurality of brightness threshold levels; and
a determining means for determining endoscope inserting conditions based on an arrangement of respective regions extracted by said region extracting means.
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Abstract
An endoscope insertion controlling apparatus includes a region extracting apparatus for extracting a plurality of regions corresponding to brightness from an endoscope image, for example, by setting a plurality of threshold levels of brightness and a judging apparatus for determining endoscope inserting conditions such as an inserting direction and progress speed based on an arrangement of the respective regions extracted by the region extracting apparatus. An endoscope inserting direction detecting apparatus includes a light receiving apparatus for receiving light from a visual field narrower than an ordinary observing field of the endoscope, a scanning apparatus for scanning the visual field of the light receiving apparatus and a judging apparatus for determining an endoscope inserting direction based on the received light amount by the light receiving apparatus in the respective visual field directions obtained by scanning the visual field of the light receiving apparatus by the scanning apparatus.
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24 Claims
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1. An endoscope insertion controlling apparatus comprising:
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a region extracting means for extracting a plurality of regions corresponding to brightness from an endoscope image by a plurality of brightness threshold levels; and a determining means for determining endoscope inserting conditions based on an arrangement of respective regions extracted by said region extracting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An endoscope inserting condition determining method comprising the respective steps of:
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extracting a plurality of regions corresponding to brightness from an endoscope image by a plurality of brightness threshold levels; and determining endoscope inserting conditions based on an arrangement of the respective regions extracted by said extracting step. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An endoscope apparatus comprising:
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an endoscope body having an elongate insertable part including an observing window at a tip and an image forming optical system forming an endoscope image by receiving light incident through said observing window from an object to be imaged; an imaging means for imaging said endoscope image formed by said image forming optical system; a region extracting means for extracting a plurality of regions corresponding to brightness from said endoscope image imaged by said imaging means; a determining means for determining endoscope inserting conditions based on an arrangement of respective regions extracted by said region extracting means; a first driving means for directing said tip of said insertable part of said endoscope body in a direction determined based on said endoscope inserting conditions determined by said determining means; and a second driving means for advancing or retreating said insertable part of said endoscope based on said endoscope inserting conditions determined by said determining means.
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24. An endoscope inserting direction detecting apparatus comprising:
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a light receiving means for receiving light from a visual field which is narrower than an ordinary observing visual field of an endoscope; a scanning means for scanning said visual field of said light receiving means; and a determining means for determining an endoscope inserting direction based on the received light amount by said light receiving means in the respective visual field directions obtained by scanning said visual field of said light receiving means by said scanning means.
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