Physical-information-image displaying apparatus
First Claim
1. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display screen, the display screen displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
- a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information, said physical-information obtaining device comprising at least one of a blood-pressure measuring device, a blood-oxygen-saturation measuring device, and a heart-rate measuring device;
a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; and
a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal on the endoscopic-image signal so that said physical-information is displayed on a predetermined portion of the display screen while being superimposed on a corresponding portion of the picked-up endoscopic image on the predetermined portion of the display screen, the physical-information image and a remaining portion of the picked-up endoscopic image are simultaneously displayed on the display screen.
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Abstract
A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display which displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus including a physical-information obtaining device which obtains a physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information, a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on the physical-information signal produced by the physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to the obtained physical information, and a superimposing device which superimposes the physical-information-image signal produced by the physical-information-image-signal producing device, on the endoscopic-image signal produced by the image pick-up of the endoscope, so that the physical-information image represented by the physical-information-image signal is superimposed on the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, on the display of the endoscope.
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Citations
29 Claims
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1. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display screen, the display screen displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information, said physical-information obtaining device comprising at least one of a blood-pressure measuring device, a blood-oxygen-saturation measuring device, and a heart-rate measuring device; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; and a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal on the endoscopic-image signal so that said physical-information is displayed on a predetermined portion of the display screen while being superimposed on a corresponding portion of the picked-up endoscopic image on the predetermined portion of the display screen, the physical-information image and a remaining portion of the picked-up endoscopic image are simultaneously displayed on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and an endoscopic-image display which displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; a liquid-crystal display which is provided on an image screen of the endoscopic-image display and which is transparent so that said image screen is visible through said liquid-crystal display; and a control device which controls said liquid-crystal display to display said physical-information image represented by said physical-information-image signal, so that the physical-information image is superimposed on the picked-up endoscopic image displayed on the endoscopic-image display. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display which displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal on the endoscopic-image signal so that said physical-information image represented by the physical-information-image signal is superimposed on the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal on the display; and judging means for judging whether said obtained physical information represented by said physical-information signal is abnormal, wherein said physical-information-image-signal producing device produces bigger physical-information image characters when said judging means makes a positive judgment than characters produced when said judging means makes a negative judgment.
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24. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display which displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal on the endoscopic-image signal so that said physical-information image represented by the physical-information-image signal is superimposed on the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal on the display; and judging means for judging whether said obtained physical information represented by said physical-information signal is abnormal, wherein said physical-information image is a different color when said judging means makes a positive judgment than a color when said judging means makes a negative judgment.
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25. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display which displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal on the endoscopic-image signal so that said physical-information image represented by the physical-information-image signal is superimposed on the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal on the display; and judging means for judging whether said obtained physical information represented by said physical-information signal is abnormal, wherein when said physical-information image is represented by flashing characters at a predetermined frequency on the display when said judging means makes a positive judgment, and said physical-information image is represented by continuously displayed characters on the display when said judging means makes a negative judgment.
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26. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display which displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal on the endoscopic-image signal so that said physical-information image represented by the physical-information-image signal is superimposed on the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal on the display; and judging means for judging whether said obtained physical information represented by said physical-information signal is abnormal, wherein said physical-information-image-signal producing device produces said physical-information-image signal when said judging means makes a positive judgment, and does not produce said physical-information-image signal when said judging means makes a negative judgment.
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27. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display screen, the display screen displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical information; a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal produced by said physical-information-image-signal producing device, on the endoscopic-image signal produced by the image pick-up of the endoscope, so that said physical-information-image signal is displayed on a predetermined portion of the display screen while being superimposed on a corresponding portion of the picked-up endoscopic image on the predetermined portion of the display screen, the physical-information image and a remaining portion of the picked-up endoscopic image are simultaneously displayed on the display screen; and a control device which controls said superimposing device to cyclically superimpose the physical-information-image signal on the endoscopic-image signal, at a predetermined interval of time. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A physical-information-image displaying apparatus for use with an endoscope including an image pick-up which picks up an endoscopic image from a living subject and produces an endoscopic-image signal representing the picked-up endoscopic image, and a display screen, the display screen displays the picked-up endoscopic image represented by the endoscopic-image signal, the apparatus comprising:
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a physical-information obtaining device which obtains physical information from the subject and produces a physical-information signal representing the obtained physical information; a physical-information-image-signal producing device which produces, based on said physical-information signal produced by said physical-information obtaining device, a physical-information-image signal representing a physical-information image corresponding to said obtained physical-information; a superimposing device which superimposes said physical-information-image signal produced by said physical-information-image-signal producing device, on the endoscopic-image signal produced by the image pick-up of the endoscope, so that said physical-information image represented by the physical-information-image signal is displayed on a predetermined portion of the display screen while being superimposed on a corresponding portion of the picked-up endoscopic image on the predetermined portion of the display screen, the physical-information image and a remaining portion of the picked-up endoscopic image are simultaneously displayed on the display screen; and judging means for judging whether said obtained physical information represented by said physical-information signal is abnormal, said physical-information-image-signal producing device further comprising abnormality informing means for producing a first physical-information-image signal when said judging means makes a negative judgment and for producing a second physical-information-image signal when said judging means makes a positive judgment, said first physical-information-image signal represents said physical-information image in a manner different from a manner in which said second physical-information-image signal represents the physical-information image.
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Specification