IP Library Granted Patent US 11,966,574
Granted Patent B2
US 11,966,574 · App. 17/610,948 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Endoscope processor, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method

Inventors: Eiji Hayamizu (Tokyo, JP); Katsuya Tannai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,966,574
App. No.
17/610,948
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An endoscope processor that is able to promptly adjust functions. The endoscope processor includes a processor executing program code to perform: displaying, by processor, on a touch panel a setting region where an on-off switch accepting switching between an on state and an off state of a function of an endoscope is combined with an adjustment switch accepting adjustment of a level of the function; accepting, by the processor, operations performed on the on-off switch and the adjustment switch that are displayed; and changing, by the processor, an operating state of the function based on an accepted operation.

Claims (64)

1. An endoscope processor, comprising:

a processor executing program code to perform:

displaying, by the processor, on a touch panel a setting region where an on-off switch accepting switching between an on state and an off state of a function of an endoscope is combined with an adjustment switch accepting adjustment of a level of the function;

accepting, by the processor, operations performed on the on-off switch and the adjustment switch that are displayed; and

changing, by the processor, an operating state of the function based on an accepted operation, wherein

the adjustment switch includes a range display portion indicating an adjustable range and a slider portion movable along the range display portion,

the accepting operation accepts a tap operation performed around the range display portion at a position away from the slider portion, and

the processor also moves a position of the slider portion by a predetermined amount causing a predetermined amount of change in the level of the function of the endoscope so that the position of the slider portion after moving by the predetermined amount is spaced from the position of the tap operation in response to the tap operation.

2. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying operation includes displaying, by the processor, a sliding operation performed on the slider portion.

3. The endoscope processor according to claim 2 , wherein

the function is an illumination function that emits illumination light from a head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is a brightness level of the illumination light.

4. The endoscope processor according to claim 2 , wherein

the function is an air supply function that performs an air supply from the head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is an output level of a pump performing the air supply.

5. The endoscope processor according to claim 2 , wherein

the function is a water supply function that performs a water supply from the head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is an output level of a pump performing the water supply.

6. The endoscope processor according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a nonvolatile memory storing a level of the function, wherein

displaying, by the processor, the adjustment switch in a state representing a level acquired from the nonvolatile memory at startup.

7. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the function is an illumination function that emits illumination light from a head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is a brightness level of the illumination light.

8. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the function is an air supply function that performs an air supply from the head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is an output level of a pump performing the air supply.

9. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the function is a water supply function that performs a water supply from the head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is an output level of a pump performing the water supply.

10. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a nonvolatile memory storing a level of the function, wherein

displaying, by the processor, the adjustment switch in a state representing a level acquired from the nonvolatile memory at startup.

11. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor moves the position of the slider portion by a predetermined amount toward the location where the tap operation is accepted in response to the tap operation.

12. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the function is an illumination function that emits illumination light from a head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is a brightness level of the illumination light.

13. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the function is an air supply function that performs an air supply from the head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is an output level of a pump performing the air supply.

14. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the function is a water supply function that performs a water supply from the head portion of the endoscope, and

the level of the function is an output level of a pump performing the water supply.

15. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a nonvolatile memory storing a level of the function, wherein

displaying, by the processor, the adjustment switch in a state representing a level acquired from the nonvolatile memory at startup.

16. The endoscope processor according to claim 15 , wherein the displaying operation displays, by the processor, the adjustment switch in a state lower than the level acquired from the nonvolatile memory at startup if the level acquired from the nonvolatile memory is higher than a predetermined threshold.

17. The endoscope processor according to a claim 1 , wherein the setting region includes a level section where an operating state of the function is displayed in text format.

18. The endoscope processor according to claim 1 , wherein the processor moves a position of the slider portion toward the location of the tap operation by a predetermined amount independent of the distance between the tap operation and the slider portion in response to the tap operation.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program instructions which when executed by a processor causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

displaying, by the processor, on a touch panel a setting region where an on-off switch accepting switching between an on state and an off state of a function of an endoscope is combined with an adjustment switch accepting adjustment of a level of the function;

accepting, by the processor, operations performed on the on-off switch and the adjustment switch that are displayed; and

changing, by the processor, an operating state of the function based on an accepted operation, wherein

the adjustment switch includes a range display portion indicating an adjustable range and a slider portion movable along the range display portion,

the accepting operation accepts a tap operation performed around the range display portion at a position away from the slider portion, the process further comprising

moving a position of the slider portion by a predetermined amount causing a predetermined amount of change in the level of the function of the endoscope so that the position of the slider portion after moving by the predetermined amount is spaced from the position of the tap operation in response to the tap operation.

20. An information processing method causing a computer to execute the processing of:

displaying, by a processor, on a touch panel a setting region where an on-off switch accepting switching between an on state and an off state of a function of an endoscope is combined with an adjustment switch accepting adjustment of a level of the function;

accepting, by the processor, operations performed on the on-off switch and the adjustment switch that are displayed; and

changing, by the processor, an operating state of the function based on an accepted operation, wherein

the adjustment switch includes a range display portion indicating an adjustable range and a slider portion movable along the range display portion,

the accepting operation accepts a tap operation performed around the range display portion at a position away from the slider portion, and the method further comprising

moving a position of the slider portion by a predetermined amount causing a predetermined amount of change in the level of the function of the endoscope so that the position of the slider portion after moving by the predetermined amount is spaced from the position of the tap operation in response to the tap operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2022
From: HAYAMIZU, EIJI; TANNAI, KATSUYA
To: HOYA CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62848743 · May 16, 2019
Related Publication 20220240751A1 · Aug 4, 2022
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