Title:
内視鏡湾曲制御装置及び内視鏡システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5153787
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An endoscope bending control apparatus includes: an image feature value calculating section for calculating, based on an endoscopic image, an image feature value related to a luminal dark part in a lumen into which an insertion portion is inserted; a bending control section for performing bending control on a bending portion in either one of a first bending operation mode in which a position of the luminal dark part is set as an insertion target and a distal end of the insertion portion is directed to the position and a second bending operation mode in which the distal end of the insertion portion is directed in a direction of the position of the luminal dark part estimated referring to history information; an operation mode switching section for switching an operation mode from one bending operation mode to the other bending operation mode according to a first switching condition based on the calculated image feature value; and a switching condition changing section for changing a switching condition from the first switching condition to a second switching condition.
Inventors:
Hideki Tanaka
Jun Hasegawa
Toshio Nakamura
Jun Hasegawa
Toshio Nakamura
Application Number:
JP2009543715A
Publication Date:
February 27, 2013
Filing Date:
October 16, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
オリンパスメディカルシステムズ株式会社
International Classes:
A61B1/00; A61B1/04; G02B23/24
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2007282857A | 2007-11-01 | |||
| JP2006042902A | 2006-02-16 | |||
| JPH07155289A | 1995-06-20 | |||
| JPH05228102A | 1993-09-07 | |||
| JP2003093328A | 2003-04-02 | |||
| JP2007282857A | 2007-11-01 | |||
| JP2006042902A | 2006-02-16 | |||
| JPH07155289A | 1995-06-20 | |||
| JPH05228102A | 1993-09-07 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Susumu Ito