Patent ID: 9498153
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An endoscope apparatus comprising: an imaging section that includes an imaging optical system and an imaging element, and captures images; and a processor that performs operations including: selecting shake correction parameter information from a plurality of pieces of shake correction parameter information based on an observation state of the imaging section; detecting a motion amount of an object between the captured images; and performing a shake correction process on the captured images based on the detected motion amount; wherein: the shake correction parameter information is selected to correspond to the observation state of the imaging section attached to the endoscope apparatus; the motion amount is detected using a detection method that corresponds to the selected shake correction parameter information; a plurality of types of the imaging section are removably attachable to the endoscope apparatus; selecting the shake correction parameter information comprises detecting a type of the imaging section attached to the endoscope apparatus, and selecting the shake correction parameter information from a storage device that stores the plurality of pieces of shake correction parameter information that respectively correspond to the plurality of types of the imaging section; and the processor performs operations further comprising: