US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on April 8 for "Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and endoscope system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,514, issued on April 8, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and endoscope system" was invented by Makoto Kasumi (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes a processor, in which the processor is configured to receive a picked-up image of a swallowing motion in a swallowing test in which a swallow object is provided to a subject to observe the swallowing motion, detect a color of the swallow object in the picked-up image, and perform processing for improving an image quality of the picked-up image according to a detectio...