Granted Patent B2

US 12,354,297 · App. 17/888,682 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Inventors: Jin Ohara (Hachioji, JP); Yuichiro Hashimoto (Hachioji, JP); Keigo Takahashi (Hachioji, JP)

Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

G06T7/70A61B1/123A61B90/70G06T7/90A61B2090/701G06T2207/20081

Abstract

Claims (70)

1. A control apparatus comprising:

one or more processors comprising hardware, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire an image showing an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor;

detect, in the image, a pin of a holding net disposed inside a treatment tank of the endoscope reprocessor and a scale line of the endoscope; and

perform a determination, based on the image, of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in a predetermined range from the pin of the holding net.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

perform a determination that a positioning state of the endoscope in the endoscope reprocessor is a predetermined positioning state in a case where the scale line of the endoscope is determined to be included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net; and

output a signal for notifying a result of the determination that the positioning state is the predetermined positioning state.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire a plurality of images;

eliminate one or more images in which the endoscope is shown as a virtual image from the plurality of images; and

acquire the image showing the endoscope positioned in the endoscope reprocessor from one or more remaining images that were not eliminated from the plurality of images.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire a plurality of images picked up from different angles according to opening/closing of a cover that is provided with one end being capable of being opened/closed and another end being fixed to the endoscope reprocessor; and

acquire the image showing the endoscope positioned in the endoscope reprocessor from the plurality of images.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire a plurality of images showing the endoscope positioned in the endoscope reprocessor; and

perform the determination of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net, in order from one of the plurality of images that is acquired at a later time in a time series.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein a last one of the plurality of images, in the time series, is an image that is picked up in a state where a cover that is provided with one end being capable of being opened/closed and another end being fixed to the endoscope reprocessor is closed, and

wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform the determination of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net in order from the last one of the plurality of images.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire endoscope information; and

change at least one of the pin of the holding net and the scale line of the endoscope based on the endoscope information.

8. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire a plurality of images including an image that is picked up at a first wavelength and an image that is picked up at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength;

perform a comparison of the plurality of images; and

acquire the image showing the endoscope positioned in the endoscope reprocessor based on a result of the comparison.

9. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

calculate a proportion of a specific color of at least a part of the image; and

perform a comparison of the proportion of the specific color of the at least the part of the image with a threshold.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire endoscope information regarding the endoscope; and

change the threshold based on the endoscope information.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

input the image to a machine-learned model; and

perform the determination of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net based on an output of the machine-learned model.

12. An endoscope positioning state determination method comprising:

acquiring an image showing an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor;

detecting, in the image, a pin of a holding net disposed inside a treatment tank of the endoscope reprocessor and a scale line of the endoscope; and

performing a determination, based on the image, of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in a predetermined range from the pin of the holding net.

13. The endoscope positioning state determination method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

acquiring a plurality of images picked up from different angles according to rotation of a cover that is provided with one end being rotatable and another end being fixed to the endoscope reprocessor.

14. The endoscope positioning state determination method according to claim 13 ,

wherein the last one of the plurality of images is an image that is picked up in a state where the cover is closed.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to:

acquire an image showing an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor;

detect, in the image, a pin of a holding net disposed inside a treatment tank of the endoscope reprocessor and a scale line of the endoscope; and

perform a determination, based on the image, of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in a predetermined range from the pin of the holding net.

16. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform a determination of whether a positioning state of the endoscope in the endoscope reprocessor is a predetermined positioning state based on a result of the determination of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net.

17. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the scale line is one of a plurality of scale lines having a plurality of positions when arranged in the endoscope reprocessor.

18. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

perform a determination that a positioning state of the endoscope in the endoscope reprocessor is not a predetermined positioning state in a case where the scale line of the endoscope is determined to be not included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net; and

output a signal for notifying a result of the determination that the positioning state is not the predetermined positioning state.

19. The endoscope positioning state determination method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

performing a determination of whether a positioning state of the endoscope in the endoscope reprocessor is a predetermined positioning state based on a result of the determination of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15 , wherein the program causes the computer to:

perform a determination of whether a positioning state of the endoscope in the endoscope reprocessor is a predetermined positioning state based on a result of the determination of whether the scale line of the endoscope is included in the predetermined range from the pin of the holding net.

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