Endoscope Image Processing Apparatus Time-Series Recognition Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing systems for endoscopes face delays in displaying and storing processing results, leading to potential inaccuracies in capturing correct processing outcomes.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that acquires and displays images in time-series order, performs recognition processing on the displayed images, and stores the processing results with associated time information, allowing for accurate storage of recognition outcomes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the processing result obtained by the recognizer is displayed on a display device, then the processing result can be viewed, but there is a delay in displaying the processing result
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing the current display screen image and storing it in advance before the recognition processing result is ready. When recognition processing is instructed, the system uses the previously captured screen image rather than waiting for the processing result, thereby eliminating the display delay while maintaining storage accuracy.
2Ease of manufacture
If screen capturing is used to store the processing result, then storage is simple, but a correct processing result may not be stored due to delay
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary screen capturing to store the current display state before recognition processing is completed. By capturing the screen image in advance and storing it with timing information, the system ensures that the correct processing result is preserved without requiring complex storage mechanisms, thus maintaining both simplicity and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism by storing not only the screen image but also timing information that identifies which captured image corresponds to the recognition processing instruction. This intermediary timing data acts as a mediator to correctly associate the processed result with its corresponding image, ensuring storage accuracy.
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AI summary
The image processing apparatus processes images captured by an endoscope in time series, and includes a recognizer and a processor. The recognizer performs recognition processing on the images. The processor is configured to: acquire the images in a time-series order; cause a display unit to display the images in the time-series order; in response to an instruction for executing the recognition processing, cause the recognizer to perform the recognition processing on, as a first image, an image among the images, which is being displayed on the display unit at a time point of reception of the instruction; cause the display unit to display first information based on a processing result obtained by the recognizer; and store, in a storage unit, third information on the processing result obtained by the recognizer in association with second information for identifying the time point of reception of the instruction for executing the recognition processing.