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Title:
IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/026191
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An image capture device is provided with: an illumination unit that generates illumination light consisting of components of a plurality of wavelength bands, each component having a characteristic in accordance with a setting; an image capture unit that captures an image of light from a subject, thereby generating an image signal; a condition setting unit that sets acquisition conditions of spectral information of the subject including conditions related to the operations of the illumination unit and of the image capture unit; an image analysis unit that analyzes the image signal generated, on the basis of the acquisition conditions, by the image capture unit, thereby acquiring the spectral information of the subject; and a determination unit that determines whether the spectral information acquired by the image analysis unit satisfies a termination condition for terminating the acquisition of the spectral information, wherein the condition setting unit changes the acquisition conditions of the spectral information if the determination unit determines that the termination condition is not satisfied.

Inventors:
SAKAMOTO JOJI (JP)
MITSUI MASANORI (JP)
HORIE TAKUJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/027943
Publication Date:
February 07, 2019
Filing Date:
August 01, 2017
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N9/07; G03B11/00; G03B15/00; G03B15/02; H04N5/232
Foreign References:
JP2015127777A2015-07-09
JP2012244277A2012-12-10
JP2012154628A2012-08-16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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