Patent ID: 11864732
Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A medical observation system, comprising:
an imaging device configured to capture a subject image;
circuitry configured to
acquire an image signal from the imaging device,
set, in the image signal, a first area for displaying an image, and a second area having a smaller average luminance than the first area according to a depth of field at a time of capturing the subject image, wherein an average light emission amount of the second area is less than an average light emission amount of the first area but greater than zero; and
on condition that the depth of field changes, increase the second area on a screen as the depth of field becomes shallower; and

a display configured to display an image based on a display image signal generated by the circuitry.