Endoscope apparatus
View Patent ↗An endoscope apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a subject and observe the inside of the subject and includes: an observation optical system which has a first optical path and a second optical path with parallax; an imaging portion on which a light passing through the first optical path and a light passing through the second optical path are formed; a diaphragm portion which selectively blocks out the first optical path or the second optical path; a distance measurement portion which measures a distance to the subject on the basis of parallax between a first image formed on the imaging portion via the first optical path and a second image formed on the imaging portion via the second optical path; a displacement amount detection portion which detects a displacement amount between two first images acquired with a time interval therebetween; and a measurement environment determination portion which determines, on the basis of the displacement amount, whether or not the first image and the second image are suitably used for measurement by the distance measurement portion.
1. An endoscope apparatus adapted to be inserted into an inside of a subject and observe the inside of the subject, the apparatus comprising:
an observation optical system which has a first optical path and a second optical path with parallax;
an imaging portion on which a light passing through the first optical path and a light passing through the second optical path are formed;
a diaphragm portion which selectively blocks out one of the first optical path and the second optical path;
a distance measurement portion which measures a distance to the subject based on parallax between a first image formed on the imaging portion via the first optical path and a second image formed on the imaging portion via the second optical path;
a displacement amount detection portion which detects a displacement amount between the first image and a third image, also formed on the imaging portion via the first optical path, acquired with a time interval therebetween; and
a measurement environment determination portion which determines, based on the displacement amount, whether or not the first image and the second image are suitable for obtaining a measurement by the distance measurement portion,
wherein the imaging portion acquires the first image and the third image in a state where the second optical path is blocked out by the diaphragm portion and acquires the second image in a state where the first optical path is blocked out by the diaphragm portion.
2. The endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display portion on which an image captured by the imaging portion is displayed,
wherein when the measurement environment determination portion determines that the first image and the second image are not suitable for obtaining a measurement by the distance measurement portion, the measurement environment determination portion displays information announcing a determination result on the display portion.
3. The endoscope apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a corrected image generation portion which generates a corrected image of at least one of the first image and the second image based on the displacement amount, when the displacement amount is equal to or more than a predetermined amount and the measurement environment determination portion determines that the first image and the second image are suitable for obtaining a measurement by the distance measurement portion.