Endoscope Anomaly Indicators in Peripheral Display Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing endoscope systems lack effective methods to support diagnosis by clearly indicating potential anomaly areas, such as lesions, without distracting the user's attention from the primary endoscope image.
Innovation Solution
An endoscope diagnosis support system that includes an anomaly detection unit using artificial intelligence to identify candidate anomaly areas, generating a display image with indicators in the periphery of the endoscope image, and allowing user-controlled display states to minimize distraction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an indicator is added to the endoscope image to indicate anomaly areas, then diagnosis support is improved, but user distraction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent places the anomaly indicator in the periphery portion of the display screen rather than overlaying it on the main endoscope image. This spatial separation in another dimension (peripheral vs. central display area) allows the indicator to provide diagnostic information without obstructing or distracting from the primary endoscope view, thus resolving the contradiction between improved diagnosis support and reduced user distraction
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the indicator is placed in the periphery portion, then user distraction is reduced, but indicator visibility is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs distinct visual characteristics for the indicator including specific colors, blinking patterns, and magnified display in the periphery portion. These localized quality enhancements ensure that despite the peripheral placement, the indicator remains highly visible and attention-grabbing when needed, thus maintaining information visibility while accepting peripheral placement to reduce distraction
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AI summary
An endoscope diagnosis support system includes a processor. The processor performs detection of an anomaly candidate area from an endoscope image obtained by performing image pickup of an inside of a subject to obtain a detection result, and generates a display image in which an indicator indicating detection of the anomaly candidate area is arranged in a periphery portion of the endoscope image in accordance with the detection result.