Video signal generating apparatus, video signal receiving apparatus, and video signal generating and receiving system

1. A medical video recorder comprising circuitry configured to:

receive an endoscopic video signal with a generated metadata added to the endoscopic video signal;

interpret the generated metadata; and

process the endoscopic video signal based on the interpreted metadata,

wherein processing the endoscopic video signal includes the circuitry being further configured to start recording the endoscopic video signal in the video recorder in response to the interpreted metadata, and

wherein the generated metadata added to the endoscopic video signal includes at least one of a record start, a record end, or a point of interest generated in response to an input operation performed by an operator of an endoscope generating the endoscopic video signal.

2. The medical video recorder according to claim 1 , wherein the endoscopic video signal is a serial digital video signal in HD-SDI format stipulated by SMPTE, and

wherein the metadata is a term value; which is a type of metadata stipulated by SMPTE, inserted as ancillary data into a vertical blanking interval of the endoscopic video signal in the HD-SDI format.

3. The medical video recorder according to claim 1 , wherein the endoscopic video signal includes text data designating a video recording start point and a video recording end point in response to the execution of the recording start executor and the recording end executor respectively.

4. The medical video recorder according to claim 1 , wherein a frame is identified as a video frame of interest in response to an input operation by an operator.

5. The medical video recorder according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

recognize an object based on processing of the endoscopic video signal; and

determine the generated metadata in response to a result of the object recognition.

6. The medical video recorder according to claim 1 , wherein the generated metadata is included as ancillary data in the endoscopic video signal,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine if the generated metadata is present in the ancillary data of the endoscopic video signal;

if so, determine a text data designation included in the generated metadata present in the ancillary data; and

cause a display to present the determined text data designation in combination with video data included in the endoscopic video signal.

7. The medical video recorder according to claim 6 , where the text data designation is one of recording start, recording end, a point of interest, or a time.

8. A method of operating medical video recorder comprising:

receiving an endoscopic video signal with a generated metadata added to the endoscopic video signal;

interpreting the generated metadata; and

processing the endoscopic video signal based on the interpreted metadata,

wherein processing the endoscopic video signal includes starting to recording the endoscopic video signal in the video recorder based on in response to the interpreted metadata, and

wherein the generated metadata added to the endoscopic video signal includes at least one of a record start, a record end, or a point of interest generated in response to an input operation performed by an operator of an endoscope generating the endoscopic video signal.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the endoscopic video signal is a serial digital video signal in HD-SDI format stipulated by SMPTE, and

wherein the metadata is a term value, which is a type of metadata stipulated by SMPTE, inserted as ancillary data into a vertical blanking interval of the endoscopic video signal in the HD-SDI format.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the endoscopic video signal includes text data designating a video recording start point and a video recording end point in response to the execution of the recording start executor and the recording end executor respectively.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein a frame is identified as a video frame of interest in response to an input operation by an operator.

12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

recognizing an object based on processing of the endoscopic video signal; and

determining the generated metadata in response to a result of the object recognition.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the generated metadata is included as ancillary data in the endoscopic video signal, the method further comprising:

determining if the generated metadata is present in the ancillary data of the endoscopic video signal;

if so, determining a text data designation included in the generated metadata present in the ancillary data; and

causing a display to present the determined text data designation in combination with video data included in the endoscopic video signal.

14. The method according to claim 13 , where the text data designation is one of recording start, recording end, a point of interest, or a time.

15. A medical video network system comprising an endoscope and a medical video recorder, the medical video recorder comprising circuitry configured to:

receive an endoscopic video signal from the endoscope with a generated metadata added to the endoscopic video signal;

interpret the generated metadata; and

process the endoscopic video signal based on the interpreted metadata,

wherein processing the endoscopic video signal includes the circuitry being further configured to start to record the endoscopic video signal in the video recorder in response to the interpreted metadata, and

wherein the generated metadata added to the endoscopic video signal includes at least one of a record start, a record end, or a point of interest generated in response to an input operation performed by an operator of an endoscope generating the endoscopic video signal.

16. The medical video network system according to claim 15 , wherein the endoscopic video signal is a serial digital video signal in HD-SDI format stipulated by SMPTE, and

wherein the metadata is a term value, which is a type of metadata stipulated by SMPTE, inserted as ancillary data into a vertical blanking interval of the endoscopic video signal in the HD-SDI format.

17. The medical video network system according to claim 15 , wherein the endoscope includes circuitry configured to include text data designating a video recording start point and a video recording end point in the endoscopic video signal in response to the execution of the recording start executor and the recording end executor respectively.

18. The medical video network system according to claim 15 , wherein the endoscope includes circuitry configured to:

identify a frame as a video frame of interest in response to an input operation to the endoscope by an operator; and

include a point of interest in the generated metadata designated in the endoscopic video signal in response to an input operation performed by the operator of the endoscope.

19. The medical video network system according to claim 15 , wherein the circuitry of the medical video recorder is further configured to:

recognize an object based on processing of the endoscopic video signal; and

determine the generated metadata in response to a result of the object recognition.

20. The medical video network system according to claim 15 , wherein circuitry of the endoscope is further configured to include the generated metadata as ancillary data in the endoscopic video signal, and

wherein the circuitry of the medical video recorder is further configured to:

determine if the generated metadata is present in the ancillary data of the endoscopic video signal;

if so, determine a text data designation included in the generated metadata present in the ancillary data; and

cause a display to present the determined text data designation in combination with video data included in the endoscopic video signal.