IP Library Granted Patent US 9,186,041
Granted Patent B2
US 9,186,041 · App. 13/922,768 · Granted Nov 17, 2015

Medical information recording apparatus that determines medical scene or changing of medical scene, synthesizes images obtained by medical equipment, and records synthesized image

Inventors: Makoto Kasumi (Hachioji, JP); Shusuke Tsuchiya (Akishima, JP); Kuniaki Kami (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,186,041
App. No.
13/922,768
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical information recording apparatus includes: an input portion that includes a plurality of input terminals and into which a medical image can be inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, and that detects whether the medical image is inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and outputs a detection result; a screen synthesis portion that performs synthesis processing according to one synthesis pattern among a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns for one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, determines a medical scene or changing of the medical scene based on a detection result of the input portion, switches the synthesis pattern based on a determination result, and outputs a synthesized image based on the one or more medical images that are inputted; and a recording processing portion that records the synthesized image as a single image file.

Claims (32)

1. A medical information recording apparatus, comprising:

an input portion having a plurality of input terminals and into which one or more medical images are inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, the input portion being configured to detect whether the medical image is inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and to output the detection result;

a screen synthesis portion configured to: (i) determine a content of a medical scene based on the detection result of the input portion, (ii) select one synthesis pattern corresponding to the medical scene from a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns based on the determined medical scene, (iii) perform synthesis processing in accordance with the selected synthesis pattern with respect to the inputted one or more medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, and (iv) output a synthesized image generated by the synthesis processing based on the inputted one or more medical images and the selected synthesis pattern, the screen s synthesis portion including:

an image analysis portion configured to analyze the content of the one or more inputted medical images, and

a synthesis pattern decision portion configured to select a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing based on the analyzed content of the one or more inputted medical images; and

a recording processing portion configured to record the synthesized image as a single image file, wherein:

the image analysis portion outputs a result of analysis of a color distribution of an image; and

based on the color distribution, the synthesis pattern decision portion selects a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing.

2. A medical information recording apparatus, comprising:

an input portion having a plurality of input terminals and into which one or more medical images are inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, the input portion being configured to detect whether the medical image is inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and to output the detection result;

a screen synthesis portion configured to: (i) determine a content of a medical scene based on the detection result of the input portion, (ii) select one synthesis pattern corresponding to the medical scene from a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns based on the determined medical scene, (iii) perform synthesis processing in accordance with the selected synthesis pattern with respect to the inputted one or more medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, and (iv) output a synthesized image generated by the synthesis processing based on the inputted one or more medical images and the selected synthesis pattern, the screen synthesis portion including:

an image analysis portion configured to analyze the content of the one or more inputted medical images, and

a synthesis pattern decision portion configured to select a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing based on the analyzed content of the one or more inputted medical images; and

a recording processing portion configured to record the synthesized image as a single image file, wherein:

the image analysis portion outputs a result of analysis of a contour of a picture in an image; and

based on the contour, the synthesis pattern decision portion selects a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing.

3. A medical information recording apparatus, comprising:

an input portion having a plurality of input terminals and into which one or more medical images are inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, the input portion being configured to detect whether the one or more medical images are inputted through an input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and to output the detection result;

a screen synthesis portion configured to: (i) determine a content of a medical scene based on the detection result of the input portion and an image analysis result with respect to one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, (ii) select one synthesis pattern from a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns based on: (a) the determined medical scene, and (b) the image analysis result, (iii) perform synthesis processing in accordance with the selected synthesis pattern with respect to one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, and (iv) output a synthesized image generated by the synthesis processing based on the inputted one or more medical images and the selected synthesis pattern, the screen synthesis portion including:

an image analysis portion configured to analyze the content of the one or more inputted medical images, and

a synthesis pattern decision portion configured to select a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing based on the analyzed content of the one or more inputted medical images; and

a recording processing portion configured to record the synthesized image as a single image file, wherein:

the image analysis portion outputs a result of analysis of a color distribution of an image; and

based on the color distribution, the synthesis pattern decision portion selects a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing.

4. A medical information recording apparatus, comprising:

an input portion having a plurality of input terminals and into which one or more medical images are inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, the input portion being configured to detect whether the one or more medical images are inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and to output the detection result;

a screen synthesis portion configured to: (i) determine a content of a medical scene based on the detection result of the input portion and an image analysis result with respect to one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, (ii) select one synthesis pattern from a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns based on: (a) the determined medical scene, and (b) the image analysis result, (iii) perform synthesis processing in accordance with the selected synthesis pattern with respect to one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, and (iv) output a synthesized image generated by the synthesis processing based on the inputted one or more medical images and the selected synthesis pattern, the screen synthesis portion including:

an image analysis portion configured to analyze the content of the one or more inputted medical images, and

a synthesis pattern decision portion configured to select a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing based on the analyzed content of the one or more inputted medical images; and

a recording processing portion configured to record the synthesized image as a single image file, wherein:

the image analysis portion outputs a result of analysis of a contour of a picture in an image; and

based on the contour, the synthesis pattern decision portion selects a synthesis pattern for the synthesis processing.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2015
From: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.; OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035648/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2013
From: KASUMI, MAKOTO; TSUCHIYA, SHUSUKE; KAMI, KUNIAKI
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 031254/0304 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-014269 · Jan 26, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013050961 · Jan 18, 2013
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