Method and apparatus for selective registration of endoscopes with database
First Claim
1. A method for registering an electronic endoscope with a database, the electronic endoscope being connectable to a processor that processes an image captured by the electronic endoscope, a plurality of electronic endoscopes being configured to be registerable with the database, the method comprising:
- determining whether or not an electronic endoscope should be registered with the database depending upon whether an operational condition of at least one of the electronic endoscope and the processor satisfies a predetermined condition when the electronic endoscope, which is not registered, is connected with the processor; and
registering the electronic endoscope with the database when it is determined that the electronic endoscope should be registered.
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Abstract
An electronic endoscope system includes an electronic endoscope and a processor to which the electronic endoscope is connectable. The processor includes a signal processor for displaying the images captured by the electronic endoscope, while adjusting the color balance thereof, and a memory holding an endoscope database. The processor further includes a CPU that retrieves endoscopic information from a memory of the electronic endoscope, which includes compensation data for white balance adjustment of the processor. The CPU registers the electronic endoscope with the endoscope database by storing the retrieved endoscopic information into the endoscope database when the white balance readjustment of the processor is required.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for registering an electronic endoscope with a database, the electronic endoscope being connectable to a processor that processes an image captured by the electronic endoscope, a plurality of electronic endoscopes being configured to be registerable with the database, the method comprising:
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determining whether or not an electronic endoscope should be registered with the database depending upon whether an operational condition of at least one of the electronic endoscope and the processor satisfies a predetermined condition when the electronic endoscope, which is not registered, is connected with the processor; and registering the electronic endoscope with the database when it is determined that the electronic endoscope should be registered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for processing an image captured by an electronic endoscope, comprising:
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a memory operable to store an endoscope database; a first processor that processes the image captured by the electronic endoscope; and a second processor that determines whether or not the electronic endoscope should be registered with the endoscope database depending upon whether an operational condition of at least one of the electronic endoscope and the first processor satisfies a predetermined condition when the electronic endoscope, which is not registered, is connected to the first processor, a plurality of electronic endoscopes configured to be registerable with said endoscope database, said second processor registering the electronic endoscope with the endoscope database when it is determined that the electronic endoscope should be registered. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for registering an electronic endoscope with a database, the electronic endoscope being connectable to a processor that processes an image captured by the electronic endoscope, the method comprising:
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determining whether an operational condition of at least one of the electronic endoscope and the processor satisfies a predetermined condition when the electronic endoscope is connected with the processor; registering the endoscope with the database when the predetermined condition is satisfied; selecting one of a plurality of records of the database when all records of the database are filled with data; and registering the electronic endoscope by replacing data of the selected record with new data related to the electronic endoscope.
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