US 12,453,614 B2
Medical control device and medical observation device
Taihei Michihata, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroshi Myoken, Kanagawa (JP); and Satoshi Mitsui, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo (JP); and Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/269,666
Filed by Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo (JP); and Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/023765
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/039716, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-154787 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338040 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/10 (2006.01); H04N 9/69 (2023.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/30 (2016.02) [A61B 1/000096 (2022.02); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G09G 5/10 (2013.01); H04N 9/69 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/0661 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0276 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0646 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0673 (2013.01); G09G 2380/08 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical control device comprising: control circuitry configured to output a medical image to a first display having a first dynamic range and a second display having a second dynamic range, greater than the first dynamic range, wherein the medical image is generated from an imaging signal generated by an image sensor configured to receive light coming from an observation target to one of the first display and the second display; and when the medical image is to be output to the first display, the control circuitry is configured to set brightness of the imaging signal used to generate the medical image to a first brightness, and when the medical image is to be output to the second display having the second dynamic range,
the control circuitry is configured to set brightness of the imaging signal used to generate the medical image to a second brightness that is lower than the first brightness by reducing the amount of light irradiated onto the observation target or the amount of light incident on the image sensor.