Patents Assigned to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
  • Publication number: 20210038342
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Provided are a medical display controlling apparatus and a display controlling method capable of enhancing convenience of medical providers. [Solution] Provided is a medical display controlling apparatus including: a generating unit configured to generate a three-dimensional model of an observed object based on a right-eye medical captured image and a left-eye medical captured image taken by an imaging device configured to image the observed object; and a display controller configured to cause a display screen to display a combination of the three-dimensional model with a right-eye special light observation image and a left-eye special light observation image, or a combination of the three-dimensional model with biological information acquired from an external biological information acquiring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunori SEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10912450
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including: an autofocus control section configured to execute an autofocus operation by moving at least one optical member; and an autofocus operation determination section configured to determine whether it is possible for the autofocus operation to bring biological tissue into focus, the biological tissue serving as an object. In a case where the autofocus operation determination section determines that it is not possible for the autofocus operation to bring the object into focus, the autofocus control section moves the at least one optical member to a predicted focal position set in advance in accordance with a purpose of imaging to make it possible to further improve convenience of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Sakae Okazaki, Hirotaka Hirano, Takahiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210037170
    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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Atsuomi OHNO
  • Publication number: 20210037176
    Abstract: A control device includes: a hardware processor; and a memory, wherein the hardware processor is configured to: control an image sensor configured to generate an image signal by performing imaging sequentially according to predetermined frames; detect a frequency of vocal cord vibration of a subject based on a voice signal; set a pulse width and a light emission cycle for when a light source emits light, based on the frequency and a preset duty cycle; control the light source to emit the pulse light using the pulse width and the light emission cycle in one field period or one frame period of the image sensor in synchronization with the frequency; calculate, based on the light emission cycle or the frequency, a gain amount by which the image signal is to be multiplied; and multiply the image signal by the gain amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Narumi SATO, Ryohei KAGAWA
  • Patent number: 10905319
    Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: a camera including an imaging unit configured to receive light and convert the light into an electric signal; a first cable configured to transmit the electric signal, one end of the first cable being connected to the camera; an operating unit connected to another end of the first cable and including an electrooptic conversion unit configured to convert the electric signal transmitted through the first cable into an optical signal, and a switch configured to receive user operations; a second cable configured to transmit the optical signal, one end of the second cable being connected to the operating unit; and a connector provided to another end of the second cable and configured to connect the other end of the second cable to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Kohtaro Amano, Morinao Fukuoka, Yuichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10905310
    Abstract: A signal processing device is connected to an endoscope that examines a subject and outputs a signal in accordance with a result of the examination. The signal processing device includes a plurality of internal modules that process the signal output from the endoscope. The internal modules are connected via an interface supporting a communication protocol and having connector geometry, at least the communication protocol or both communication protocol and connector geometry conforming to a communication interface standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Noriaki Fujita
  • Patent number: 10901199
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an electric lens capable of changing a focal length by applying a voltage; an imaging unit configured to capture a subject image formed by the electric lens to generate image signals; a focus controller configured to perform control to periodically repeat sequential switching of the focal length of the electric lens between two or more values; and a video signal generator configured to generate a video signal to be provided to a display device from the image signals generated by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Takamasa Mikami, Yuichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10898290
    Abstract: A surgical electronic microscope device (10) includes a microscope unit (110) and a support unit (120) that supports the microscope unit (110). The microscope unit (110) images an operative site of a patient (330) on an operating table (340), and outputs an image signal. The support unit (120) includes a prop unit (290c). The prop unit (290c) supports a second arm (290b) rotatably around an axis (05). The second arm (290b) supports a first arm (290a) rotatably around an axis (04). The first arm (290a) supports the microscope unit (110). Pivoting the second arm (290b) on the axis (05) while keeping the first arm (290a) substantially level makes it possible to change a height of the microscope unit (110). A length (V) of the second arm (290b) is greater than a length (H) of the first arm (290a). Accordingly, a movable range of the microscope unit (110) in a vertical direction is wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Hirose
  • Publication number: 20210015582
    Abstract: A medical holding apparatus includes: an arm including a plurality of links mutually coupled through one of joints, the arm having at least six degrees of freedom due to rotational motion about a rotation axis, the arm being configured to function as a balanced arm with a counterweight and support a medical device; and an arm controller configured to control motion of the arm, in which at least three of the joints in the arm each are provided with an angular sensor that detects a rotation angle of the rotation axis and an actuator that gives the joint an assist force of assisting the rotational motion, and the arm controller controls, based on respective detected results of the angular sensors, the respective assist forces of the actuators such that an amount of force in operation necessary when an operator moves the medical device supported by the arm remains in a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki KAMATA
  • Patent number: 10893247
    Abstract: A medical signal processing device for processing an image obtained by an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels, and generating a video signal for display, includes a Y gamma-correction unit that performs Y gamma-correction on a luminance signal for each pixel in the image obtained by the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Yuichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 10888390
    Abstract: Provided is a sterile drape configured to cover a medical observation apparatus to keep the medical observation apparatus sterile, the medical observation apparatus including a microscope part configured to magnify and image a microfine site of an observation object, an input part configured to receive an input of an operation instruction to the microscope part, and a grip part having a bar shape and having a surface provided with at least a portion of the input part, the sterile drape including: an attaching part configured to be fixed and attached to the grip part in a state where the sterile drape covers the medical observation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Gakuji Higuchi, Junichi Nozawa, Tomonori Ishikawa, Masataka Kado
  • Patent number: 10893186
    Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image of a subject gathered by a fiberscope and emitted from proximal ends of optical fibers; a lens unit including a focus lens moving along an optical axis to adjust a focus, the lens unit being configured to form the subject image emitted from the proximal ends of the optical fibers on the image sensor; lens driving circuitry configured to move the focus lens along the optical axis; and a lens controller configured to perform, when the fiberscope is connected, a first auto-focus control of operating the lens driving circuitry to move the focus lens in a first movement range, evaluating a focusing state of the subject image, and positioning the focus lens at a position deviated from a first lens position at which the proximal ends of the optical fibers are focused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Takahiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200405135
    Abstract: A medical observation system according to the present invention includes: an observation optical system configured to guide an observation light from a subject; an imaging unit configured to receive an observation light from the observation optical system and generate an image signal; and an image processing unit configured to apply signal processing to the image signal generated by the imaging unit, wherein the image processing unit includes a filter detection unit configured to detect, based on a signal value of a color which includes a wavelength band of a specific light in a preset wavelength band of the image signal, whether or not an observation-side filter for cutting the specific light is disposed on an optical path of the observation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20200405141
    Abstract: A light source control device includes: a light source configured to intermittently emit pulse light; and a hardware processor configured to detect a vocal cord vibrational frequency of a subject based on a voice signal input from an external device, determine whether or not the vocal cord frequency is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and change a light emission frequency of the pulse light in one frame period based on image brightness based on an image signal when the vocal cord frequency is equal to or greater than the threshold value, and prohibit change in the light emission frequency and change the pulse width of the pulse light emitted by the light source based on the image brightness when the vocal cord frequency is not equal to or greater than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Hidetaro Kono
  • Publication number: 20200400911
    Abstract: A medical observation device includes an imaging unit configured to photograph an image of an operation site, and a holding unit configured to be connected with the imaging unit and have rotary shafts which are operable with at least six degrees of freedom. Among the rotary shafts, at least two shafts are active shafts whose driving is controlled based on states of the rotary shafts, and at least one shaft is a passive shaft which is rotated according to direct external manipulation accompanying contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji HIROSE, Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO, Wataru KOKUBO, Toshimitsu TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20200390514
    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: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kenji HIROSE
  • Patent number: 10856723
    Abstract: A medical circuit board includes a substrate on which a wiring pattern is formed, a plurality of electronic components mounted in a mounting area on the substrate, a resinous sealing member covering the plurality of electronic components, with which the plurality of electronic components are sealed to the substrate, and a detection unit provided in an area other than the mounting area on the substrate and detecting an infiltration of a liquid from an interface between the substrate and the sealing member into the mounting area. At least a part of the detection unit is covered with the sealing member and sealed with the sealing member to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hagihara
  • Patent number: 10856730
    Abstract: A medical light source device includes: a first solid state light emitting element configured to emit first color light; a second solid state light emitting element configured to emit second color light; a third solid state light emitting element configured to emit third color light; a fourth solid state light emitting element configured to emit fourth color light; and a color synthesis optical device configured to synthesize the first color light, the second color light, the third color light, and the fourth color light. The color synthesis optical device includes a first color separation surface, a second color separation surface disposed to intersect with the first color separation surface, and a third color separation surface disposed on a light path latter stage with respect to the first color separation surface and the second color separation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10855980
    Abstract: [Problem] Both the synchronization between multiple devices for the timing in which a left-eye image and a right-eye image forming a medical image are displayed and the suppression of the delay in presenting an image to a predetermined viewer are enabled. [Solution] A medical-image display control device includes: a display controller that controls a medical image so as to be displayed on a slave-side display unit; and an acquiring unit that acquires, from another device including a master-side display unit different from the slave-side display unit, a synchronization signal that corresponds to timing in which the other device displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image on the master-side display unit, and the display controller controls a left-eye image and a right-eye image so as to be displayed on the slave-side display unit in a time-division manner in accordance with the acquired synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Shinji Katsuki
  • Patent number: D904479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Hakoda, Hisayoshi Otaki