Patents Assigned to SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
  • Patent number: 11122969
    Abstract: There is provided an endoscopic device, including: an image sensor section including an image sensor that senses and converts lights into an electrical signal; a substrate that is electrically connected to the image sensor section; and an intermediate unit, interposed between the image sensor section and the substrate, that electrically connects the image sensor section and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ohno, Masahiro Kojima, Shigeru Teshigahara
  • Publication number: 20210282629
    Abstract: A mounting member includes: a body portion provided in a camera head including an image sensor, the body portion being rotatable about a first axis that passes through the body portion and connectable with an endoscope; a locking protrusion provided in the body portion and configured to lock with the endoscope; a detachable button configured to be movable with respect to the body portion and control attachment and detachment of the endoscope to and from the body portion; and a spring whose load applied to the locking protrusion changes according to an advancing/retreating operation of the detachable button with respect to the body portion. The detachable button includes a sliding portion extending in an advancing/retreating direction with respect to the body portion and configured to slide with respect to the body portion. The body portion includes a guide portion configured to guide a moving direction of the sliding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takuya TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210282623
    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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Hiroshi MYOKEN, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20210282625
    Abstract: A mounting member includes: a body portion provided in a camera head including an image sensor, the body portion being rotatable about a first axis that passes through the body portion and connectable with an endoscope; a locking protrusion provided in the body portion and configured to lock with the endoscope; a detachable button configured to be movable with respect to the body portion and control attachment and detachment of the endoscope to and from the body portion; and a spring whose load applied to the locking protrusion changes according to an advancing/retreating operation of the detachable button with respect to the body portion, wherein at least one of the body portion and the detachable button includes a through-hole forming a part of a flow path of a liquid to a space in which the locking protrusion in the body portion and the spring member are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Takuya TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210289175
    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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kei TOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210287634
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes an image processor configured to generate a display image based on a distance between a display device and a target and a size of a display screen in the display device, the display image being displayed on the display device. An image quality of the display image is lowered as the distance becomes larger and the size of the display screen becomes smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tatsuya DEGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11122225
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a defective pixel specifier configured to specify a defective pixel in a captured image based on a pixel level of each pixel in the captured image; a setting unit configured to set a correction degree of a defect correction process of making a brightness of the defective pixel approach a brightness of a discrimination area including surrounding pixels positioned around the defective pixel; and a defect corrector configured to perform the defect correction process according to the correction degree. When a difference between the brightness of the defective pixel and the brightness of the discrimination area is divided into a first range and a second range in which the difference is larger than that in the first range, the setting unit sets a higher correction degree for the difference is in the second range than the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Taihei Michihata, Takahiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210278653
    Abstract: A control device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a detection value from a sensor that detects a posture of a head of a user who operates an imaging device that images an observation target; and a control unit configured to generate an operation instruction signal for the imaging device using a reference value set by the user viewing initialization information displayed by a display device and the detection value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20210281820
    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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Motoaki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210281731
    Abstract: A medical control apparatus to which a rigid endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted into a subject is detachably connected is configured to perform image processing on a captured image obtained by capturing a subject image introduced by the rigid endoscope and generate a medical photographic image to be displayed on a display device that displays images. The medical control apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect a mask width that is a distance between boundary points dividing the subject image included in the captured image and a mask area that is an area other than the subject image; and a control unit configured to calculate a first parameter used for the image processing in accordance with the mask width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Hiroshi MYOKEN, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20210278070
    Abstract: A storage case includes: a casing having an opening bottom and configured to internally store a functional unit electrically connected to perform a function; a power supply configured to supply power to the functional unit; a drive module including a drive board arranged on an upper surface or side surface of the casing and configured to drive the functional unit; a connector configured to electrically connect the power supply and the drive module; and a restriction member configured to restrict movement of the casing, wherein the drive board is arranged on a surface in a removal direction of the casing, and a connection/disconnection direction of the connector is different from the removal direction of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Ken KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 11109748
    Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: a camera configured to capture an observation object to output an imaging signal; a support configured to movably support the camera; and controller circuitry configured to control, when a normal observation mode with white light is switched to a special-light observation mode with special light, the support such that the camera is moved to a position so as to obtain a working distance that is set for the special-light observation mode and that is shorter than a working distance in the normal observation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Naobumi Okada
  • Patent number: 11109744
    Abstract: A three-dimensional endoscope system includes: an imaging unit configured to capture a first image and a second image having parallax with respect to each other; and an image generation unit configured to generate a display image for stereoscopic viewing by performing image processing on the first image and the second image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the image generation unit generates the display image based on the first image and a third image obtained by replacing a part of the second image with a part of the first image at a corresponding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Sumihiro Uchimura, Taihei Michihata
  • Publication number: 20210267434
    Abstract: A medical image processing device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image signal obtained by capturing a subject image; and an image processor configured to set, in the image signal, a first area for displaying an image, and a second area having a smaller average luminance than the first area, set the second area on a screen according to a depth of field at a time of capturing the subject image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi USHIRODA
  • Publication number: 20210271066
    Abstract: A medical projection apparatus includes: a plurality of projectors each configured to project projection light onto an observation area of an observation optical system, wherein at least two or more projectors of the plurality of projectors are configured to respectively emit projection light to different planes including an optical axis of the observation optical system, and the projection light emitted by the two or more projectors cross each other in any position within a range of at least a possible working distance of the observation optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Masataka KADO
  • Patent number: 11103125
    Abstract: An endoscope system is disclosed that included a camera head, a detection unit, and a distortion correction processing unit. The camera head is detachably connected to an eyepiece unit of a plurality of types of endoscopes inserted into a subject, the camera head including an imaging unit that captures a subject image received from an endoscope among the plurality of types of endoscopes that is connected to the eyepiece. The detection unit that detects a size of the subject image in the captured image on the basis of a luminance signal of each pixel in the captured image obtained by the imaging unit. The distortion correction processing unit that corrects an optical distortion of the captured image depending on sizes of a plurality of different subject images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Koiso, Yuichi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210266508
    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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsuya DEGUCHI, Satoshi MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20210264578
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus includes: a first captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a first captured image obtained by capturing light from an observation target irradiated with light in a first wavelength band, the observation target emitting fluorescence when irradiated with excitation light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band; a second captured image acquisition unit configured to acquire a second captured image obtained by capturing the fluorescence from the observation target irradiated with the excitation light; a first image processor configured to execute image processing on the first captured image; and a second image processor configured to execute image processing including blurring processing of blurring an image on the second captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Taihei MICHIHATA
  • Patent number: 11102424
    Abstract: A medical observation apparatus includes: a camera including a first imager including a plurality of pixels and configured to image a first medical captured-image in which an observation target is imaged, and a second imager including a plurality of pixels, and configured to image a second medical captured-image in which the observation target is imaged, the second imager including more effective pixels than the first imager; and a display controller configured to cause displays to display the first medical captured-image and an image that corresponds to a region set to the second medical captured-image on a display screen of the respective one of the displays corresponding thereto, wherein one of the first medical captured-image and the second medical captured-image is a medical captured image for a right eye, and another one of the first medical captured-image and the second medical captured-image is a medical captured image for a left eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Masaaki Ueda
  • Patent number: 11102391
    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: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro Yamamoto