Endoscope Auxiliary Information Display for Feature-Dense Images

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Solution Overview

Problem

The display screen becomes cluttered with information when the number of detected feature parts increases, reducing the visibility of the image in image recognition applications.

Innovation Solution

An auxiliary information generation method that detects feature regions in images, calculates their number, and controls the display state of auxiliary information based on the number of feature regions, including generating information in different states depending on the number of feature regions and adjusting the size and position of icons to maintain visibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the number of detected feature parts increases, then the information completeness improves, but the display screen becomes cluttered and image visibility decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidimage visibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple pieces of augmented reality information that are displayed close to each other are merged and displayed as one aggregate graphic object. This combines multiple feature part indicators into a single visual element, maintaining information completeness while reducing display clutter and preserving image visibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from displaying feature parts in two-dimensional image space to displaying aggregate information in a different dimensional representation. By creating aggregate graphic objects that summarize multiple feature parts, the system moves beyond simple 2D overlay to a more abstract dimensional representation that conserves visual space.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Measurement precision

If detailed auxiliary information is displayed for each feature region, then the measurement precision improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefeature detection precisionVSAvoiddisplay complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the display information by dividing it into aggregate graphic objects that group multiple feature parts. Each aggregate object represents a segmented summary of multiple detected features, maintaining precise detection capabilities while simplifying the overall display structure and reducing complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20260011012A1Auxiliary information generation method, auxiliary information generation device, and recording medium

Publication Date: 2026.01.08 OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYST CORP

AI summary

An auxiliary information generation method includes sequentially acquiring a plurality of images obtained by an image sensor of an endoscope at a plurality of positions in a digestive tract of a subject, detecting feature regions in the digestive tract based on the plurality of images, calculating the number of the feature regions in each of a plurality of sections in the digestive tract, generating auxiliary information according to the number of the feature regions, and controlling a state of the auxiliary information according to the number of the feature regions when the auxiliary information is displayed on a display.