Patents Assigned to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
  • Patent number: 11611725
    Abstract: An endoscope image-capturing device includes: a first case inside of which is sealed; an image sensor arranged inside the first case; an electro-optic conversion element arranged outside the first case and configured to convert an image signal output from the image sensor into an optical signal; and a sealing member sealing the electro-optic conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kei Tomatsu
  • Patent number: 11612041
    Abstract: A light source device includes: light sources; a detector configured to detect light amounts; and a processor configured to: control the light sources to emit light beams by applying a pulse current with a pulse width larger than a predetermined pulse width to the light sources before the processor makes a shift to a strobe observation mode; set a pulse current value at which a ratio of the light amounts of the light beams emitted by the plurality of light sources becomes a predetermined ratio for the plurality of light sources based on a detection result detected by the detector under a state where the pulse current with the pulse width larger than the predetermined pulse width is applied to the plurality of light sources; and make the shift to the strobe observation mode while maintaining the pulse current value for realizing the predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11606505
    Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: a camera configured to capture an object image of an observation target; a support configured to support the camera so as to be rotatable about a plurality of mutually-different shafts; a memory configured to store the position of the camera; a brake configured to switch between: a permission state for permitting the camera to rotate about at least one of the plurality of shafts; and a restriction state for restricting the rotation; and a controller configured to perform a reproduction process for switching the brake to the permission state, and thereafter switching the brake from the permission state to the restriction state when the support is operated according to an external force applied to the support by an operator and the camera is located at the position of the camera stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji Hirose
  • Publication number: 20230064925
    Abstract: Provided is a medical observation system capable of preventing disconnection of metal cables without increasing the thickness of a braided shield wire. The medical observation system includes a transmission cable including: an optical cable having one or more optical fiber cores; a plurality of metal cables arranged around the optical cable; and a tension member made of a high-strength fiber, and disposed in parallel with an extending direction of the optical cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230066301
    Abstract: Provided are a medical observation system, a control device, and a control method that are configured to prevent flickering of a portion to be observed of an object to be observed and reduce the size of the device. The medical observation system 1 includes an image sensor 212, a second control unit 94 that causes a light source device 3 to simultaneously emit second visible light and excitation light, and an image processing unit 91 that generates a fluorescence image based on a first pixel value that is output from a pixel in which a first filter is arranged and that is contained in image data and a background image based on a second pixel value that is output from a pixel in which a second filter is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi USHIRODA, Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11583165
    Abstract: A medical signal processing device includes: an acquisition unit is configured to acquire a first image signal acquired by emission of first light onto an object, and a second image signal acquired by emission of second light onto the object, the first light being in a wavelength band including visible light, and the second light exciting a fluorescent substance included in the object; a detection unit configured to detect each of a signal level of the visible light included in the first image signal and a signal level of fluorescence included in the second image signal; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction coefficient to correct the signal level of the fluorescence by using a result of the detection by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Koji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11583348
    Abstract: Provided is a medical robot arm apparatus including a plurality of joint units configured to connect a plurality of links and implement at least 6 or more degrees of freedom in driving of a multi-link structure configured with the plurality of links, and a drive control unit configured to control driving of the joint units based on states of the joint units. A front edge unit attached to a front edge of the multi-link structure is at least one medical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuharu Fukushima, Wataru Kokubo, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Atsushi Miyamoto, Kenichiro Nagasaka, Kenji Hirose
  • Patent number: 11582427
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: receive a plurality of first image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a first wavelength band in sequence; receive a plurality of second image data captured at different times and generated by illumination of light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band in sequence; generate first and second images based on the received first and second image data, respectively; and output the generated first image and second image to a display in chronological order of the first and second images and in accordance with a preset display pattern of the first and second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Patent number: 11571109
    Abstract: A medical observation device according to the present invention includes: an imaging unit that capture an image of a subject at a first angle of view; and an image generating unit that generates a display image signal by cutting, at a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view, the image captured by the imaging unit at the first angle of view, and performing image processing thereon. This medical observation device enables the hand-eye coordination and definition to be maintained even if the field of view is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Motoaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11559193
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a light source controller configured to modulate pulsed light by changing a crest value of a pulsed current and emit the pulsed light a plurality of times from the light source in one frame; an imaging controller configured to cause an image sensor to sequentially generate a pixel signal at a specific frame rate; and an image processor configured to use a pixel signal obtained by multiplying the pixel signal for specific one frame from each pixel of a specific horizontal line by a ratio of an amount of exposure of specific pulsed light made in the specific one frame to a total exposure amount obtained by adding each exposure amount of all of the pulsed lights exposing the specific horizontal line within the specific one frame including an illumination period of the specific pulsed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Ryohei Kagawa
  • Patent number: 11553972
    Abstract: A medical holding apparatus includes: a support including a plurality of arms, and a plurality of joints configured to connect the plurality of arms, the support being configured to support an imaging unit at a distal end thereof; a load applying mechanism arranged in at least one of the joints and configured to apply a resistance load against operation of the at least one of the joints to the support; and a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to: set torque to be applied by the load applying mechanism based on an operating state of the imaging unit; and apply a load corresponding to the set torque to the load applying mechanism when a rotation inhibit state of each of the arms of the support is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Shigeru Tamura
  • Patent number: 11534057
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a first light source configured to emit first light including a white wavelength band or one or more wavelength bands of at least red, green, and blue; a second light source configured to emit second light including a specific wavelength band included in the first light; a first detector configured to detect an amount of the light of the specific wavelength band in the first light; a first optical member configured to multiplex light of a wavelength band different from the specific wavelength band in the first light, and the second light; and a processor configured to control the first light source based on a detection result of the first detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Sojung Moon
  • Publication number: 20220401049
    Abstract: Provided is a medical display control device including a display control unit that causes a first captured medical image and a second captured medical image to be simultaneously displayed, the first captured medical image having been captured in an imaging device in a first imaging mode where imaging is performed with special light, the second captured medical image having been captured in the imaging device in a second imaging mode different from the first imaging mode before the first captured medical image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoko TERAKADO, Keiji SHIODA
  • Patent number: 11529043
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a light source controller configured to modulate pulsed light by changing a crest value of a pulsed current and emit the pulsed light a plurality of times from the light source in one frame; an imaging controller configured to cause an image sensor to sequentially generate a pixel signal at a specific frame rate; and an image processor configured to use a pixel signal obtained by multiplying the pixel signal for specific one frame from each pixel of a specific horizontal line by a ratio of an amount of exposure of specific pulsed light made in the specific one frame to a total exposure amount obtained by adding each exposure amount of all of the pulsed lights exposing the specific horizontal line within the specific one frame including an illumination period of the specific pulsed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Ryohei Kagawa
  • Patent number: 11528395
    Abstract: A camera head includes: a mount detachably connected to an eyepiece of an endoscope; an imager configured to capture a subject image emitted from the eyepiece; and a housing configured to house the imager, the housing including an interior portion including the imager thereinside, and an exterior portion arranged on an outer side of the interior portion, wherein the interior portion and the exterior portion are separated from each other in at least a part of an outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Atsuomi Ohno
  • Patent number: 11513332
    Abstract: Provided is a microscope apparatus including: a microscope section configured to perform magnified observation of a subject's eye while obtaining a red reflex caused by irradiating a fundus of the subject's eye with illuminating light; a holding section configured to hold the microscope section; and a tilting section configured to tilt an illumination optical axis which is an optical axis of an illumination optical system, and an observation optical axis which is an optical axis of an observation optical system in the microscope section, around a tilt reference point in an interior of the subject's eye as a base point, while maintaining a substantially coaxial state between the illumination optical axis and the observation optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomonori Ishikawa, Noboru Shibuya, Yoshia Hoshino, Takashi Fukaya, Masaaki Ueda
  • Patent number: 11516376
    Abstract: A medical image acquisition system includes an imaging device and an image processing device. The imaging device includes: an imaging unit configured to receive light and convert the light into an electric signal so as to generate the imaging signal; an optical unit including a focus mechanism moving one or a plurality of lenses so as to adjust a focal point position, and configured to form an optical image on the imaging unit; a memory configured to store therein unique information of the imaging device; and an auto focus controller configured to totally control the imaging device. The image processing device includes an auto focus evaluation unit configured to perform focusing evaluation based on the imaging signal, and the auto focus controller controls driving of the focus mechanism by referring to the unique information in accordance with an evaluation result by the auto focus evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11510751
    Abstract: A medical observation apparatus including: an arm including a plurality of links connected to each other via a joint, the arm having at least three or more degrees of freedom implemented by a rotation operation about a rotation axis; an imaging device supported by the arm; and an arm controller that controls an operation of the arm. When a posture of the arm is in a predetermined state, and when a predetermined input for moving the arm about a rotation axis orthogonal to a second axis that is a second rotation axis from a side of the arm on which the imaging device is supported and a third axis that is a third rotation axis from the side of the arm on which the imaging device is supported is detected, the arm controller makes one of the links corresponding to the third axis rotate about the third axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Hirose
  • Patent number: 11510549
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: image signal acquiring circuitry configured to acquire: a first image signal generated by capturing light of a first wavelength band with an image sensor; and a second image signal generated by capturing light of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band with the image sensor, the first image signal and the second image signal being not subjected to the demosaic processing, and the image sensor including a color filter in which filter groups having spectroscopic properties different from each other are arranged in a specific form; a first signal path including a demosaic processor configured to execute the demosaic processing to the first image signal; and a second signal path diverged from the first signal path on a path former part from the demosaic processor, in which the demosaic processing is not executed to the second image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20220364952
    Abstract: A medical lighting device according to the present invention includes a light source unit that emits light, an optical fiber that guides and emits the light having emitted from the light source unit and having entered inside the optical fiber, first and second detection units that are provided in the vicinity of an emission end including an emission end for the light of the optical fiber and detect the light in the optical fiber, and a control unit that determines, based on detection values of the light detected by the first and second detection units, normality/abnormality in the detection values of the respective detection units and outputs determined results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Ken KITAMURA