Patents Assigned to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
  • Medical display device and medical observation device
    Patent number: 11376095
    Abstract: A medical display device includes a display device capable of changing the degree of transparency of a display screen, a holding device that holds the display device, and a control device that controls the degree of transparency of the display screen and controls display on the display screen, wherein the display device is held by the holding device so as to be arranged between an operation part of a patient and a medical worker who performs medical practice for the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Shinji Katsuki
  • Control device and observation system
    Patent number: 11375114
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor configured to: perform movie display control of causing a display to sequentially display images acquired in time series, and still image display control of causing the display to display any of the images as a still image; detect a first operation on a switch; determine whether a predetermined operation condition for the switch is satisfied, after the first operation has been detected; switch, when the first operation is detected while the movie display control is being executed, from the movie display control to the still image display control and causing the display to display, as a still image, an image displayed at a timing at which the first operation is detected; and cause, when the processor determines that the predetermined operation condition is satisfied, a memory to store the image displayed as a still image under the still image display control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Sadayuki Tamonoki
  • Image processing apparatus and observation system
    Patent number: 11375167
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: execute a first white balance adjustment on a first signal corresponding to multiple wavelength bands; generate a luminance signal from a second signal including an area having saturation caused by the first white balance adjustment; extract a detail component based on the first signal; and apply the detail component to the luminance signal to generate a corrected luminance signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Satoshi Mitsui
  • Medical image processing device, image processing method, and computer readable recording medium
    Patent number: 11367182
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor including hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Taihei Michihata
  • Medical image processing device, medical observation system, image processing method, and computer readable medium for analyzing blood flow of observation object before and after surgical restoration
    Patent number: 11348234
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes circuitry configured to: analyze a blood flow flowing in an observation object based on a medical observation image obtained by capturing an image of the observation object; and generate a difference result between a simulation result of a blood flow flowing in a 3D model acquired in advance for the observation object and an analysis result of a blood flow flowing in the observation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Kazunori Segawa
  • MEDICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220166912
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a driving mode switch configured to switch a driving mode of a rolling shutter type image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed in units of horizontal lines; and a dimming controller configured to control a light emitting element configured to emit light according to a supplied current, and switch control of the light emitting element according to the driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220160219
    Abstract: A light source control device includes a light source controller configured to: cause a first light source to emit light in a visible wavelength band in a first entire line exposure period, which is an entire line exposure period in which all horizontal lines in an effective pixel area are simultaneously exposed; cause a second light source to emit excitation light in a second entire line exposure period, which is different from the first entire line exposure period; and cause the excitation light to be emitted in an excitation light emission period including the second entire line exposure period and a period, which is adjacent to the second entire line exposure period and is at least a part of a readout period during which charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels are read out, when controlling an operation of the second light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220155557
    Abstract: A medical observation system 1 is provided with an imaging unit 21 which captures an image of a subject to generate a captured image, a distance information acquiring unit which acquires subject distance information regarding subject distances from a specific position to corresponding positions on the subject that correspond to at least two pixel positions in the captured image, and an operation control section 264c which controls at least any of the focal position of the imaging unit 21, the brightness of the captured image, and the depth of field of the imaging unit 21 on the basis of the subject distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masataka KADO
  • CAMERA HEAD FOR ENDOSCOPE
    Publication number: 20220159147
    Abstract: A camera head for an endoscope includes a casing that forms exterior, and an imaging unit that is housed in the casing and images a subject image. The casing includes a metal exterior unit that forms at least a part of the exterior and is formed by hydroforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kohtaro AMANO
  • MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220151474
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: fluorescence image acquisition circuitry configured to acquire a fluorescence image; and a fluorescence image processor configured to execute image processing on the fluorescence image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Narumi SATO, Koji KOJIMA
  • MOUNT MEMBER AND ENDOSCOPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220151476
    Abstract: Provided are a mount member and an endoscope device by which length of cleaning time can be shortened. A mount member 9 includes a first member 91; a second member 92; and a restriction member 93 that restricts the second member 92 from moving in the direction of a first axis L1, by clamping the second member 92 in a manner allowing rotation, through the first member 91, and that has at least one first cutout cut out such as to expose, to the exterior, a part of a contact section 9211 of the second member 92 clamped through the first member 91.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takuya TANIGUCHI
  • MEDICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220151472
    Abstract: A medical control device includes a focus controller configured to move a focus lens included in an imaging device configured to capture an object image taken in by an endoscope and generate a captured image, and control a focus position, wherein the focus controller is configured to executes remote shooting control for moving the focus lens and setting the focus position in a position of a hyperfocal distance corresponding to the endoscope in a case where an object distance from the endoscope to an object is included in a range of an object distance from the endoscope to the object at which remote shooting is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunori SEGAWA
  • MEDICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION
    Publication number: 20220151460
    Abstract: A medical control device according to the present disclosure includes an image processing section adapted to generate a captured image on the basis of an electric signal generated by an imaging device that captures an image of a subject, and a light source control information generation section adapted to generate control information for controlling a light quantity distribution of illumination light, according to a brightness distribution of the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takamasa MIKAMI, Tatsuya DEGUCHI
  • Image processing apparatus and medical observation system
    Patent number: 11336838
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to: set a luminance adjustment mode to one of a first luminance adjustment mode that performs luminance adjustment with preset sensitivity and a second luminance adjustment mode that has sensitivity of the luminance adjustment lower than the sensitivity of the first luminance adjustment mode and suppresses luminance of a high luminance region based on an observation state of an imager configured to capture a target; and perform the luminance adjustment in the set luminance adjustment mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Sasaki
  • Medical image processing apparatus, medical observation apparatus, and image processing method
    Patent number: 11328811
    Abstract: There is provided a medical image processing apparatus including: an association processing section configured to associate multiple medical captured images in which an observation target is imaged by each of multiple imaging devices including imaging devices in which one or both of an in-focus position and an in-focus range are different; and a compositing processing section configured to depth-composite each of a medical captured image for a right eye and a medical captured image for a left eye among the multiple medical captured images by using an associated other medical captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Masataka Kado
  • CONTROL DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220141376
    Abstract: Provided is a control device that electrically controls a medical observation apparatus configured to capture an image of an observation target and includes a voice recognition section, a recognized-information processing section, a switch input reception section, and a control section. The voice recognition section recognizes a voice inputted from outside. Based on a result of recognition by the voice recognition section, the recognized-information processing section determines processing to be executed by the medical observation apparatus. The switch input reception section receives an input of an operation signal based on an operation performed on a switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI
  • LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM, ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, ILLUMINATION METHOD, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220133140
    Abstract: A light source apparatus, a medical observation system, an adjustment apparatus, an illumination method, an adjustment method, and a program that enable performing light modulation on a semiconductor light source through PWM control and current control without the necessary of a complicated work are provided. A light source apparatus 3 includes a first light source section 31 that emits a first light, a second light source section 32 that emits a second light, and a light source control section 33 that controls each of a pulse emission time and a pulse emission intensity of the first light and performs a control that changes one of a pulse emission time and a pulse emission intensity of the second light with the other one of the pulse emission time and the pulse emission intensity of the second light fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koji KOJIMA
  • Image processing device, image processing method, and computer readable recording medium
    Patent number: 11321814
    Abstract: An image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor comprising hardware, wherein the processor is configured to: receive agent observation image information including information of a plurality of pixels obtained by capturing an image based on fluorescence from a subject administered with an agent that emits fluorescence upon being irradiated with excitation light in a predetermined wavelength band; amplify pixel values of the plurality of pixels by executing first gain processing on the agent observation image information; and reduce pixel values of pixels lower than a predetermined threshold by executing reduction processing on the agent observation image information after the first gain processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Akihisa Tanaka
  • Medical image processing apparatus and medical observation system
    Patent number: 11322245
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a superimposed image generation unit configured to generate a superimposed image by superimposing a subject image and a fluorescent image in areas corresponding to each other; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not at least one of a subject and an observation device moves from timing before timing at which one of the subject image and the fluorescent image is captured to the timing; and a superimposition controller configured to cause the superimposition image generation unit to prohibit a superimposition in an area of at least a part of the subject image and the fluorescent image when the determination unit determines that at least one of the subject and the observation device moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Taihei Michihata
  • Cooling device, light source device, and medical observation system
    Patent number: 11320134
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: a casing including an air intake port and an air exhaust port; a single heat releaser including a plurality of fins arranged in a gas flow path from the air intake port to the air exhaust port; a first heat diffuser arranged in the casing, connected to a first heat generation body generating heat at time of driving and the single heat releaser in a heat-transferable manner, and arranged at a position forming a part of the gas flow path passing through a space between the plurality of fins; and a second heat diffuser arranged in the casing, connected to a second heat generation body generating heat at time of driving and the single heat releaser in a heat-transferable manner, and arranged at a position forming a part of the gas flow path passing through the space between the plurality of fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Motoki Ozeki, Yoichiro Sakanoue