US 11,986,156 B2
System with endoscope and image sensor and method for processing medical images
Takashi Kawai, Tokyo (JP); and Kiyoshi Hosono, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,179.
Application 17/894,179 is a continuation of application No. 16/979,882, granted, now 11,455,722, previously published as PCT/JP2019/009853, filed on Mar. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-051955 (JP), filed on Mar. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0022426 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 9/73 (2023.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/88 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 1/00188 (2013.01) [A61B 1/000095 (2022.02); A61B 1/00096 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); H04N 23/673 (2023.01); H04N 23/88 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 28 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
an endoscope including a scope and an image sensor, the image sensor being configured to capture medical image data that includes effective image portion data and a mechanical vignetting portion data, and
circuitry configured to
detect the effective image portion data and the mechanical vignetting portion data of the medical image data on the basis of a plurality of evaluation values in the medical image data,
determine evaluation information from image data in the effective image portion data, and
execute a control process to at least partially control at least one of an autofocus processing, or an auto white balance processing on the endoscope on the basis of the evaluation information.