Video processor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10512393-B2
Application number	US-201816005819-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2018
Priority date	Dec 17, 2015
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

A video processor includes an identification section configured to identify a kind of an endoscope, an electronic zoom processing section configured to magnify by a first magnification factor and a second magnification factor larger than the first magnification factor, and a mode setting section configured to set to a first mode of enabling selection of a first processing pattern, and a second processing pattern, when connection of a super-wide angle endoscope is identified, and set to a second mode enabling selection of the second processing pattern when connection of a single visual field endoscope is identified, wherein when the mode setting section performs electronic zoom processing by the second magnification factor in the first mode, the electronic zoom processing section cuts out an image so that only the optical image of the forward visual field is displayed and magnifies the image with the second magnification factor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A video processor provided so that an endoscope that picks up an image of a subject is connectable to the video processor, comprising:
an identification section configured to identify a kind of the endoscope which is connected to the video processor;
an electronic zoom processing section capable of executing electronic zoom processing of magnifying by a first magnification factor and a second magnification factor larger than the first magnification factor to an image pickup signal of an image picked up by the endoscope;
a zoom operation signal input section configured to receive a zoom operation signal from a zoom operation section configured to instruct execution of the electronic zoom processing by the electronic zoom processing section; and
a mode setting section configured to set the video processor to a first mode of enabling selection of a first processing pattern that alternately switches a non-execution state of the electronic zoom processing and electronic zoom processing with the second magnification factor each time the zoom operation signal is inputted, and a second processing pattern that cyclically switches the non-execution state of the electronic zoom processing, electronic zoom processing with the first magnification factor and the electronic zoom processing with the second magnification factor each time the zoom operation signal is inputted, when connection of a super-wide angle endoscope that picks up an optical image of a forward visual field and an optical image of a sideward visual field is identified in the identification section, and set the video processor to a second mode enabling selection of the second processing pattern when connection of a single visual field endoscope is identified in the identification section,
wherein when the mode setting section performs electronic zoom processing by the second magnification factor in the first mode, the electronic zoom processing section cuts out an image so that only the optical image of the forward visual field is displayed out of the optical image of the forward visual field and the optical image of the sideward visual field and magnifies the image with the second magnification factor.

2. The video processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a selection instruction signal generation section configured to generate a selection instruction signal for selecting the first processing pattern or the second processing pattern.

3. The video processor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the super-wide angle endoscope is an endoscope comprising a first objective optical system configured to form an optical image of a forward visual field, a second objective optical system configured to form an optical image of a sideward visual field that is a visual field around the forward visual field, and an image pickup section configured to pick up the optical images formed in the first and second objective optical systems.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Tatsuhiko
• Kutsuma Yuji
• Nakagawa Hironori

Classifications

• H04N23/69

  Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming · CPC title

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• H04N23/555

  for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes · CPC title

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• A61B1/045 Primary

  Control thereof · CPC title