Patents Assigned to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
  • Patent number: 11490985
    Abstract: There is provided a medical observation apparatus including: a determination unit which determines an apparatus to be used based on a captured image for medical use captured by an imaging device; and a display control unit which causes a related image for medical use corresponding to the determined apparatus and the captured image for medical use to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Masaaki Ueda
  • Patent number: 11483489
    Abstract: A medical control device includes circuitry configured to: control an autofocus operation on a captured image from an observation target illuminated with excitation light of a first wavelength band and a pattern image of a second wavelength band, the observation target fluorescing in response to the excitation light to output light in a third wavelength band. The captured image includes light components in the first to third wavelengths bands, of which the second and third wavelength bands are different. The autofocus operation is controlled by calculating, based on the pattern image of the second wavelength band in the captured image, an evaluation value used in an autofocus process that controls a focus position of an imaging device configured to generate the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Taihei Michihata
  • Patent number: 11478204
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoko Terakado, Keiji Shioda
  • Patent number: 11464402
    Abstract: There is provided a medical dimming control apparatus including: a dimming control section configured to control a dimming in relation to an imaging of an observation target by an imaging device in accordance with a set dimming mode. The dimming mode at least includes a first dimming mode that controls the dimming at a first tracking speed and a second dimming mode that controls the dimming at a second tracking speed that is slower than the first tracking speed, and the dimming control section sets the first dimming mode on the basis of a change in an imaging-related behavior in the imaging device, and sets the second dimming mode in a case of determining that a predetermined condition is satisfied while executing the control in accordance with the first dimming mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ushiroda
  • Patent number: 11457797
    Abstract: A disclosed endoscopic device includes a front cabinet unit including an optical system provided with a phase modulation element which modulates a space distribution of a phase of light; and a rear cabinet unit detachably connected to the front cabinet unit, the rear cabinet unit including an imaging unit which receives light transmitted through the optical system of the front cabinet unit, and converts the light into an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Motoaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11463668
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes an image processor configured to: generate an output image by combining a first captured image obtained by capturing light from an observation target irradiated with light in a first wavelength band and a second captured image obtained by capturing fluorescence from the observation target irradiated with excitation light, with corresponding pixels; output a brightness signal value of a target pixel to be generated in the output image, as either a brightness signal value of a first corresponding pixel corresponding to the target pixel in the first captured image or a brightness signal value of a second corresponding pixel corresponding to the target pixel in the second captured image; and output a color difference signal value of the target pixel in the output image as a value generated by using the brightness signal value of the second corresponding pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Deguchi, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20220295921
    Abstract: A sound collecting device includes: a main body including a sound collector inside of the main body, the sound collector being mounted in a gap between a helix and a temporal region, a string locking portion; and a transmitter configured to transmit sound information generated by the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi OTAKI, Noriaki FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20220299749
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus for endoscope includes: a coupler; an exterior casing connected to the coupler and extending along a first axis crossing an optical axis of an endoscope, the exterior casing having outer dimensions in a direction along the first axis greater than outer dimensions in a direction along the optical axis of the endoscope; an optical system; and an imaging unit. The exterior casing includes a first exterior part, a second exterior part, and a connector part. The optical system and the imaging unit are housed, in the exterior casing, side by side on the optical axis of the endoscope such that light of an image of a subject guided by the optical system is captured by the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Fuminori TANAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11445888
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a linear matrix operation unit configured to set a matrix coefficient in accordance with an input image signal, and perform a linear matrix operation on the image signal using the set matrix coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Hiroshi Myoken, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20220287551
    Abstract: A memory controller 931, in a first observation mode, writes a first captured image into a first memory area of a memory 92, reads first to fourth divided images obtained by dividing the first captured image from first to fourth divided areas of the first memory area, respectively, and outputs the first to fourth divided images to image processing units 932 to 935, respectively, and in a second observation mode, writes the first and second captured images into second and third memory areas, respectively, each having the same memory capacity as that of each of the divided areas in the memory 92, respectively, reads the first and second captured images from the second and third memory areas, respectively, and outputs the first and second captured images to two image processing units 932 and 933, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Aki MIZUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220287548
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus for endoscope includes: a coupler configured to hold an endoscope for capturing an image of a subject, and emit the image of the subject; an imaging apparatus main body connected to the coupler so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the coupler around an optical axis of the endoscope, the imaging apparatus main body being configured to capture the image of the subject emitted from the endoscope; and a posture keeping member configured to maintain a posture of the imaging apparatus main body with respect to the optical axis of the endoscope by generating a desired physical quantity between the coupler and the imaging apparatus main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya TANIGUCHI, Atsuomi OHNO
  • Patent number: 11439477
    Abstract: A disclosed medical observation system includes a capturing unit operable to capture an image of an observation target; and a light projection unit operable to project light on the observation target, outside a capturing area that is captured by the capturing unit and in a periphery of the capturing area, the light enabling recognition of a capturing state of the capturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11432899
    Abstract: A medical observation device that includes a microscope that images a surgical site, a holding section that holds the microscope, a base section to which the holding section is connected, and an operation section that receives operating input, the operation section being provided at the base section, the holding section being configured as a balance arm provided with a counterweight, when the base section is viewed from an upper side of the medical observation device, the base section having a first area inside a movable range of the counterweight and a second area outside the movable range of the counterweight, the base end of the holding section being connected to the base section at a location in the first area, and the operation section being arranged at another location in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Hirose, Hisayoshi Otaki, Hiroki Sato, Shingo Mouri, Katsuhisa Hakoda, Daisuke Iseki
  • Publication number: 20220277432
    Abstract: Provided are a medical image processing device and a medical observation system that are configured to clarify a boundary between a near-infrared image and a visible image in a specific region. An image processing unit 93 uses a first image based on first image data input from outside and a second image based on second image data input from outside, having an enhanced specific region of the first image, and generates third image data in which the specific region of the first image is replaced with mixed image data having a mixture of a group of first pixels located in the specific region of the first image and a group of second pixels located in the specific region of the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kiminori SUGISAKI, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Patent number: 11422346
    Abstract: A medical observation device includes: an imaging section that acquires imaged video data obtained by photographing an observation target; a supporting section that supports the imaging section; a discriminating section that discriminates existence or nonexistence of an input of a visual field moving instruction to an image to be displayed on a display on a basis of the imaged video data and existence or nonexistence of an occurrence of an image movement to an image to be displayed on the display on a basis of the imaged video data; and a correcting section that creates display video data being video data to be displayed on the display on a basis of the imaged video data by correcting the image movement in a case where the discriminating section has discriminated that there does not exist an input of the visual field moving instruction and the image movement is occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Iida, Kenji Hirose
  • Patent number: 11418772
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present invention includes: first and second image sensors that respectively capture a first optical image and a second optical image having parallax with each other; a first imaging optical system that forms the first optical image on a light receiving surface of the first image sensor; and a second imaging optical system that forms the second optical image on a light receiving surface of the second image sensor. Each of focal positions of the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system is deviated along an optical axis direction and is positioned within mutual depth of field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Motoaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11418700
    Abstract: Provided is a control device, an endoscope system, a processing method, and a program which can select a region other than the center region in an image to perform a predetermined process. An endoscope system includes an image generation unit which processes an image signal generated by an imaging unit to generate a display image to be displayed, a display controller which overlaps a plurality of select regions selectable according to an external operation to the display image and outputs the overlapped image to the display device, and an autofocus controller which performs a predetermined process on at least one select region selected according to the external operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Sadayuki Tamonoki
  • Patent number: 11412919
    Abstract: A medical observation system includes: a microscope; a support including a first joint configured to hold the microscope such that the microscope is rotatable about a first axis parallel to an optical axis of the microscope; and a first arm configured to hold the first joint and extend in a direction different from a direction of the optical axis of the microscope; a light guide cable inserted in the support and configured to guide illumination light to the microscope; and a binder configured to bind the light guide cable, wherein at least a part of the light guide cable is arranged along the first axis in a first section, the light guide cable extends in a direction different from the first axis in a second section, and the binder is configured to bind the light guide cable in the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Okabe
  • Publication number: 20220256125
    Abstract: A control device includes: generation circuitry configured to output a field signal to a medical imaging device; first detection circuitry configured to detect a horizontal synchronization signal from video data output from the medical imaging device, the video data including at least the horizontal synchronization signal; and a monitoring circuitry configured to monitor whether or not an abnormality occurs in one frame period of the video data based on a period of the horizontal synchronization signal detected by the first detection circuitry for a predetermined n-th time after polarity of the field signal is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro NISHIGAKI
  • Publication number: 20220245796
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: image acquisition unit configured to acquire image information obtained by imaging with a medical observation device; and superimposed image generation circuitry configured to generate a superimposed image in which a pattern image having first images with a specific shape arranged in parallel in a specific pattern and a captured image based on the image information are superimposed on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi USHIRODA, Koji FUKAYA