Title:
IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/101128
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An image processing device includes: a filter processing circuit for performing filter processing on the image data captured by an imaging device by using a plurality of spatial filters; a brightness calculation circuit for calculating the brightness in the local area of the image data; a weighting circuit for weighting an output of the filter processing circuit according to the output of the filter processing circuit and/or the brightness calculation circuit; and an inverse filter processing circuit for performing inverse filter processing for generating processed image data for the output of the weighting circuit.
Inventors:
YAMAZAKI KENJI (JP)
TAKAHASHI YOSHINORI (JP)
TAKAHASHI YOSHINORI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2006/305709
Publication Date:
September 28, 2006
Filing Date:
March 22, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP (JP)
YAMAZAKI KENJI (JP)
TAKAHASHI YOSHINORI (JP)
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP (JP)
YAMAZAKI KENJI (JP)
TAKAHASHI YOSHINORI (JP)
International Classes:
G06T5/00; A61B1/04; G06T5/20
Foreign References:
| JPH04314181A | 1992-11-05 | |||
| JPH0785247A | 1995-03-31 | |||
| JP2001309177A | 2001-11-02 | |||
| JPH07282247A | 1995-10-27 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1862967A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Itoh, Susumu (4-4 Nishishinjuku 7-chom, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 23, JP)
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