In an electronic endoscope apparatus, comprising: there are provided an electronic scope
having an image sensor at a distal end thereof and an angle operation portion adjacent to …

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION l. Field of the Invention This invention relates to an
endoscope insertion con trolling apparatus capable of determining the endo scope inserting …

The present invention is an integrated and automated irriga tion and aspiration system for
use in an endoscopic imaging system. The system provides for the automated cleaning of …

The present invention is an integrated and automated irrigation and aspiration system for
use in an endoscopic imaging system. The system provides for the automated cleaning of …

An endoscope bending control apparatus includes: an image feature value calculating
section for calculating, based on an endoscopic image, an image feature value related to a …

An endoscope inserting direction detecting system receives an endoscopic image, detects
an endoscope inserting direction, in which an endoscope should be inserted, on the basis of …

A vision based navigation system to guide an endoscope inside a human colon has been
designed and tested. It uses low level vision techniques to extract two types of navigational …

An image of a pipe having a uniform cross section, eg, a circular cross section, is imaged
with an endoscope and is displayed on a monitor screen. A measuring coordinate system for …

the present invention relates to an endoscope inserting direction detecting method and an
endoscope inserting direction detecting system. More particularly, the present invention is …

The method of detecting the direction of insertion of an endoscope includes the steps of a)
forming a system of images made of a plurality of picture images which have a different …