US 11,744,438 B2
Image processing device for endoscope, endoscope device, image processing method of image processing device for endoscope, and image processing program
Masahiro Hagihara, Tokyo (JP); Morinao Fukuoka, Kanagawa (JP); and Yuichi Yamada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/907,333.
Application 16/907,333 is a continuation of application No. 15/710,207, filed on Sep. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,729,308.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315425 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 1/00009 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00048 (2013.01); A61B 1/00105 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); H04N 23/683 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
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1. An image processor for use with a medical device that outputs an image of a subject and an image display that has a first side shorter than a second side intersecting with the first side, and the image display having a first setting state in which the first side is along a vertical direction and a second setting state in which the second side is along the vertical direction, the image processor comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect whether a current setting state of the image display is the first setting state or the second setting state;
process the image of the subject to generate a video signal such that the image of the subject to be displayed on the image display has an orientation corresponding to the current setting state of the image display; and
output information to be displayed along with the image of the subject, wherein
on condition that the current setting state is in the first setting state, the circuitry will automatically cause the information to be displayed at a first position on the image display relative to the image of the subject on the image display, and
on condition that the current setting state is in the second setting state, the circuitry will automatically cause the information to be displayed at a second position on the image display position, relative to the image of the subject on the image display.