Patent ID: 11937767
Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An endoscope comprising:
an insertion portion having a bending portion, a distal tip connected to the bending portion, and an image sensor provided at the distal tip;
a user-operated operation unit connected to an end of the insertion portion opposite from the distal tip;
a housing housing a processor and a light source;
a light guide tube connecting the operation unit and the housing, and configured to guide light from the light source to the insertion portion via the operation unit, and to transmit image data from the image sensor to the processor in the housing; and
a display connected to the processor and configured to display images processed by the processor, wherein the processor
acquires an image captured by the image sensor from the image data generated by the image sensor and transmitted to the processor,
recognizes a lesion section from the acquired image with a first recognition accuracy, and
recognizes the lesion section from the acquired image with a second recognition accuracy higher than the first recognition accuracy,
acquires provisional information including a recognition result recognized by the processor with the first recognition accuracy,
outputs a first image including the acquired provisional information to the display,
acquires confirmation information for the provisional information including a recognition result recognized by the processor with the second recognition accuracy, and
outputs a second image including the acquired confirmation information to the display,

wherein the confirmation information is output later than the provisional information.