JPS6278986A - Endoscope system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To erase an unnecessary character from a picture and easily see and display the input data by erasing the display of the title of items when the completion of a data input is detected. CONSTITUTION:For a guidance of a data input, an operator displays the title of an item to be inputted on a left half of a picture of a display device 18. This is carried out in such a manner that a character pattern of the title of the item is generated from a character generator 32 based on the data in a ROM28 and this is stored in a prescribed area of a video RAM34 corresponding to the left half of the picture of the display device 18. Then, a cursor is placed at a leading device on a line below the title of the Nth item displayed on the picture and the item data corresponding to the title of the item is inputted. This item data is displayed successively in a right ward shift on a line below the line on which the title of the item in question is displayed. When a return key is pressed finally of a data input, the completion of the data input is decided, the title of the Nth item is erased from the picture of the display device 18. This is carried out by easing the item title character pattern data in the video RAM34.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an endoscope system, and particularly to an endoscope system in which various data are input into the screen of an endoscopic image obtained by imaging an object. Regarding the mirror system.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, with the development of solid-state image sensors, COD has become more common at the tip of endoscopes.
2. Description of the Related Art An endoscope system has been developed that incorporates a solid-state imaging device such as a charge-coupled device (charge-coupled device) to image an object, displays the image of the object on a monitor device, and performs a medical examination by viewing the display.

This display image is stored in an image file device such as an optical disk as necessary. Here, it is preferable that data such as patient identification number, patient name, gender, etc. be saved together with the image for search, rather than simply saving the image.
Therefore, if a keyboard is connected to the monitor device,
When the image is displayed on the monitor device, these data are entered from the keyboard and displayed together with the image on the monitor device.Normally, the endoscopic image is displayed on the right half of the monitor screen, The left half displays data item names for data input guidance. Then, the operator inputs each item data according to the displayed data item name.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, as the number of data items increases, the number of characters displayed on the screen also increases, making it difficult to see the input item data.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to display data in an easy-to-read manner in an endoscope system that displays various data on an endoscopic image display screen.

[Means for solving problems]

This device includes means for detecting the completion of data input, and means for erasing the display of data item names when the completion of data input is detected.

[Effect]

In this device, when the completion of data input is detected, the display of the data item name is erased, unnecessary characters are erased from the screen, and the input data is displayed.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of an endoscope system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. An output image signal from an electronic scope 10, which has a solid-state imaging device such as a COD built into the end of the endoscope to image an object, is input to a video information processing circuit 12. The video information processing circuit 12 performs various processing such as adding a synchronization signal to the image signal and converts the image signal into a signal in a format suitable for display. The video information output from the video information processing circuit 12 is 2.
The first input terminal of the filter 14 is supplied with the first input terminal.

The second input terminal of the mixer 14 is supplied with character information output from the character information processing circuit 18 . The mixer 14 synthesizes this video information and text information and supplies it to the display device 18.

The display device 18 consists of a cathode ray tube (CRT), Tanabata, or the like.

Here, the two video information and the text information are combined so that they are each displayed on each half of the screen of the display device 18. Also 1
In order to save the artist displayed on the display device 18, an image file device 22 such as an optical disk is connected to the video information processing circuit 12.
connected to the output end of the

The character information processing circuit 18 is an interface CI/F)2
4. Central processing unit (CPU) 2G, read-only memory (ROM) 28. Random access memory (RAM) 3
0. Character generator 32, video RAM 34
Consisting of The I/F 24, ROM 28, and RAM 30 are connected to the CPU 2B via a pass line 31. ROM2
8 stores a control program for the CPU 28 and item name data to be input by the operator. A keyboard 20 for inputting item data corresponding to each item name is connected to the I/F 24.

Data output from the CPU 2B is input to the character generator 32, and the character pattern generated by the character generator 32 is stored in a predetermined area of the video RAM 34. The output of the video RAM 34 is supplied to the mixer 14 as output character information of the character information processing circuit 1B. An image file device 22 is also connected to the character information processing circuit 1G via the I/F 24, and item data input from the keyboard 20 is supplied to the image file device 22. This is to save the item data together with the output video information of the video information processing circuit 12 on the optical disc.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this embodiment, when the power is on, video information from the electronic scope 10 is always displayed as a moving image on the right half of the screen of the display device. The flowchart in FIG. 2 shows the operation when inputting character information displayed on the left half of the screen of the display device 18.

As shown in step 2 Sl, the parameter N is set to 1. This parameter N is a parameter related to the number of data to be input, as will be described later.

In step S2, the item names (all) to be input by the operator are displayed on the left half of the screen of the display device 18 for data input guidance. This is done by generating a character pattern for the item name from the character generator 32 based on the data in the ROM 28, and storing this in a predetermined area of the video RAM 34 corresponding to the left side of the screen of the display device 18. . From video RAM 34 to display device 1
The character pattern of this item name is sent to B and displayed.

Here, each item name is displayed on a line-by-line basis, and the corresponding item data is displayed between them.

In step S3, the cursor is positioned at the beginning of the line below the Nth item name displayed on the screen, and the cursor is blinked there. The state of the screen of the display device 18 at this point is shown in FIG. 3(a).

Here, the item names are patient number and patient name.

Gender, age, date of birth, comments, etc. are listed.

In step S4, the operator inputs item data corresponding to the N4th item name under which the cursor is currently blinking.

This item data is sequentially shifted to the right and displayed in the row below the row in which the item name is displayed, as shown in step S5.

In step S6, it is determined whether the input of this Nth item data has been completed. This assumes that the return key is pressed at the end of data input, and it is determined whether the data input is complete by pressing the return key. If the data input is not completed, steps after step S4 are executed again.

When it is determined that data input is completed, step S
As shown in 7, the Nth item name, which is the item name of the data that has just been inputted, is erased from the screen of the display device 18. This is done by erasing the item name character pattern data in the video RAM 34.

In step S8, the item data corresponding to the input Nth item name is stored (registered) in the RAM 30, and is also transmitted to the image file device 22 via the I/F 24.

In step S9, it is determined whether input of all item data has been completed. If input of all item data has not been completed, the parameter Nb(l) is increased in step S10, and then the steps from step S3 onwards are executed again.It is determined that input of all item data has been completed. When this happens, the character information input operation ends.The screen of display device 8 at this point is shown in Figure 3(b).At this time, no item name is displayed, and only each item data is displayed. is displayed.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, all item names are displayed for guidance before inputting data corresponding to the item name. Then, once the data entry is complete,
The item name display is erased and only the input item data is displayed. This has the effect of making item data easier to see. In the above description, each item name display is erased individually when the input of item data is completed, but it may be erased all at once when input of all item data is completed.

Next, another embodiment of the invention will be described. In the above-described embodiment, each item data was entered one by one from the keyboard during image display (patient examination), but the item data was entered in advance before the examination.

During a medical examination, it is also possible to read out item data by simply inputting the data number. According to this, data can be quickly input and registered, and the time impact on one medical examination can be minimized. This is convenient when displaying arbitrary data for each patient on the screen. In this case, the item names displayed on the screen for guidance are arbitrary data 1, arbitrary data 2°, . . . , arbitrary data n. Here, the number and contents of arbitrary data can be freely changed by the doctor.

Note that this invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and can be modified in various ways without changing the gist of the invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, in an endoscope system that displays data item names as data input guidance when displaying an endoscopic image and various data on the same screen, data input is completed. When detected, unnecessary characters can be deleted from one screen by erasing the display of the item name, making it possible to display the single-manpower data in an easy-to-read manner.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of an endoscope system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing its operation, and FIGS. 3(a) and (b) show changes in the screen of the display device. FIG. 10...Electronic scope 12...Video information processing circuit 12...Character information processing circuit 18...Display device 20...Keyboard 26...CPU 34...Video RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for displaying endoscopic images and various item names; means for inputting data corresponding to the displayed item names; means for detecting completion of data input; An endoscope system comprising means for erasing a display of a name.