Medical endoscope system

Abstract

A medical endoscope system comprises an image capture device, a plurality of apparatuses to be controlled, and a controller which controls the plurality of apparatuses to be controlled. The controller further comprises: an operator setting unit which sets, as an operator whose operations are allowed, one operator candidate among a plurality of pre-registered operator candidates, and sets, as a blocked operator whose operations are blocked, the operator candidates other than the one operator candidate; an object detection unit which detects, from an image which is outputted from the image capture device, objects having a prescribed condition; an operator recognition unit which identifies an object corresponding to the operator which is set with the operator setting unit from objects which are detected with the object detection unit and recognizes the identified object as the operator; an operation detection unit which detects a prescribed operation of the identified object; a control signal generation unit which generates a control signal which controls at least one of the apparatuses to be controlled of the plurality of apparatuses to be controlled according to the result of the detection by the operation detection unit; and an apparatus control unit which controls at least one of the apparatuses to be controlled on the basis of the control signal.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a medical endoscope system in which a plurality of devices such as an electric scalpel device, an insufflation device, and an endoscope camera device are controlled by a controller. Background technique [0002] In the medical field, conventionally, there is known a medical endoscope system including a controller for controlling a plurality of devices. In such a medical endoscope system, by operating an operation panel connected to the controller, it is possible to operate an arbitrary device within the controller via the controller. [0003] In addition, the operation panel connected to the controller is usually arranged in a non-sterile area of ​​the operating room, so it is not suitable for the operator (such as a doctor) to directly operate the operation panel from a hygienic perspective. Therefore, in conventional medical endoscope systems, generally, an assistant (for example, a nurse) who assists the operator op...

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[0004] However, the following problem has been pointed out: in the operation of the equipment in which the assistant intervenes, it is difficult to operate the equipment at the timing desired by the operator without delay

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