WO2017047166A1 - Dispositif d'endoscope et processeur vidéo - Google Patents

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WO2017047166A1
WO2017047166A1 PCT/JP2016/065952 JP2016065952W WO2017047166A1 WO 2017047166 A1 WO2017047166 A1 WO 2017047166A1 JP 2016065952 W JP2016065952 W JP 2016065952W WO 2017047166 A1 WO2017047166 A1 WO 2017047166A1
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  • the present invention relates to an endoscope apparatus and a video processor.
  • An endoscope apparatus inserts an insertion part into a subject, irradiates illumination light to an examination site, receives reflected light from the examination site with an image sensor, and generates an endoscopic image as a subject image To do.
  • CMOS image sensor employs a rolling shutter system in which exposure and reading are performed with a timing shifted for each line, and processing from exposure to reading is performed at different timing for each line.
  • the timing of video readout that is, the video readout period.
  • PWM Pulse Width Modulation
  • the transition is made so that the light quantity in the video readout period before the transition is the same as the light quantity in the all-line simultaneous exposure period after the transition.
  • Current level control is performed during the subsequent simultaneous exposure period for all lines.
  • the illumination timing is changed such that a large amount of illumination light is emitted during the all-line simultaneous exposure period at the time of transition from the state where the illumination light is not emitted during the all-line simultaneous exposure period, the luminance unevenness of the image is easily noticeable.
  • the present invention provides a luminance of an output image when PWM control or current level control is performed during the video readout period, even if the illumination light quantity in the two video readout periods before and after the all-line simultaneous exposure period is different.
  • An object is to provide an endoscope apparatus and a video processor in which unevenness is reduced.
  • An endoscope apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits light for illuminating a subject, and a plurality of lines that receive reflected light from the subject irradiated with the light.
  • the exposure period from the start of exposure to the end of exposure and the readout period for reading the charge accumulated in the exposure period and generating the imaging signal are alternately switched, and the exposure start and the charge readout are sequentially performed for each line.
  • a correction is performed by performing gain correction on the image pickup signal from the image pickup device. It has a part, a.
  • a video processor includes a plurality of lines that receive reflected light from a subject irradiated with light from a light emitting unit that emits light for illuminating the subject, and exposure of the plurality of lines
  • a video processor that generates an endoscopic image by inputting an imaging signal from a rolling shutter type imaging device that alternately switches between an exposure period in which the imaging signal is read out and a readout period in which the imaging signal of each line is sequentially read from the plurality of lines.
  • a light emission control unit that controls the light emitting unit to change the irradiation time of the light from the light emitting unit, and in the two readout periods sandwiching the exposure period by the control of the light emission control unit.
  • the image pickup signal from the image pickup device is corrected by gain processing. And a correction unit.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an endoscope apparatus according to the present embodiment.
  • the endoscope apparatus 1 includes an endoscope 2, a video processor 3, a light source device 4, and a monitor 5.
  • FIG. 1 only components related to image correction by gain processing according to the present embodiment are shown, and other components are omitted.
  • the endoscope 2 includes an imaging element 11, an analog front end part (hereinafter referred to as AFE part) 12, and a light emitting element 13.
  • the image sensor 11 is a CMOS image sensor, and is driven by an image sensor drive unit 23 described later to output an image signal to the AFE unit 12.
  • the imaging element 11 has a light receiving unit having a plurality of horizontal lines, each line including a plurality of pixels.
  • the image sensor 11 generates an image by a rolling shutter method in which exposure and readout are performed at different timings for each horizontal line.
  • the AFE unit 12 performs noise reduction processing, amplification processing, and the like on the input imaging signal, which is an analog signal, and then converts it into a digital signal and outputs it to the video processor 3.
  • the light emitting element 13 is, for example, a light emitting diode (LED) that emits white light, and is a light emitting unit that is driven by a light emitting element driving unit 24 described later to emit illumination light for illuminating a subject.
  • LED light emitting diode
  • the imaging element 11 and the light emitting element 13 are disposed at the distal end portion of the insertion portion of the endoscope 2.
  • the video processor 3 includes a control unit 21, a brightness detection unit 22, and an image sensor driving unit 23.
  • the control unit 21 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire endoscope device 1 and each unit. Specifically, the control unit 21 performs drive control of the imaging element 11 and the light emitting element 13, performs various image processing on the imaging signal from the imaging element 11, generates an image to be displayed on the monitor 5, and outputs an image to a memory (not shown). Record.
  • CPU central processing unit
  • ROM read only memory
  • RAM random access memory
  • the control unit 21 has a gain processing unit 21a. The processing of the gain processing unit 21a will be described later. Furthermore, the control unit 21 has a memory 21b for storing various programs and data.
  • the brightness detection unit 22 determines the brightness of the image from the pixel values of a plurality of pixels included in a predetermined range, for example, the entire frame image range. It is a circuit to calculate.
  • the image sensor driving unit 23 is a circuit that generates the drive signal SC based on the image sensor control signal CS1 from the control unit 21 and drives the image sensor 11.
  • the drive signal SC includes a synchronization signal that gives exposure timing and readout timing for the image sensor 11.
  • the light source device 4 includes a light emitting element driving unit 24. As will be described later, the control unit 21 outputs the light emitting element drive control signal CS2 at a predetermined timing.
  • the light emitting element driving unit 24 is a circuit that drives the light emitting element 13 by generating a driving signal I that is a current signal based on the light emitting element driving control signal CS2 from the control unit 21.
  • the intensity of light emitted from the light emitting element 13 changes according to the magnitude of the drive signal I output from the light emitting element driving unit 24, that is, the current value.
  • the control unit 21 controls switching between two illumination modes described later, and the brightness of the image becomes an appropriate brightness based on the brightness signal B detected by the brightness detection unit 22 in each illumination mode. As described above, the intensity and irradiation time of the illumination light emitted from the light emitting element 13 are controlled.
  • Illumination light from the light emitting element 13 provided at the distal end of the insertion part of the endoscope 2 illuminates the observation site of the subject, and the imaging element 11 receives the reflected light to generate an imaging signal IS.
  • the monitor 5 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display that displays an endoscopic image and a menu image.
  • the brightness detection unit 22 detects the brightness of the image for each frame based on the imaging signal IS from the AFE unit 12, and controls the brightness signal B indicating the brightness of each frame image. To the unit 21.
  • the control unit 21 generates a display image based on the received imaging signal IS and outputs a light emitting element driving control signal CS2 to the light emitting element driving unit 24 based on the received brightness signal B.
  • control unit 21 controls the image sensor driving unit 23 to drive the image sensor 11, generates an endoscopic image from the image data generated by the rolling shutter method, outputs it to the monitor 5, and displays it. To do.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the relationship between the exposure period and readout period of the image sensor 11 during imaging of the endoscope apparatus 1, the output of illumination light emitted from the light emitting element 13, and the correction gain amount. It is.
  • the range indicated by G1 in the upper stage schematically shows the timing of the exposure period and readout period of each line of the image sensor 11 with respect to the horizontal axis that is the axis of time t.
  • the middle G2 a change in the drive signal I flowing in the light emitting element 13 is shown with respect to the horizontal axis that is the axis of time t.
  • G3 in the lower stage indicates the magnitude of the correction gain for each line, and the length in the horizontal axis direction indicates the magnitude of the correction gain for each line.
  • the image pickup device 11 is a CMOS image sensor, and the image pickup device 11 includes a light receiving unit including a plurality of pixels in each line and n rows of lines.
  • the image sensor 11 generates image data by a rolling shutter method in which exposure and reading are performed at different timings for each line.
  • the imaging device 11 reads the accumulated charges for each horizontal line when imaging a plurality of frames continuously.
  • the first line (the first line in FIG. 2) to the nth line (n is a natural number and the nth line in FIG. 2) from the first line (the first line in FIG. 2) of the image sensor 11 sequentially becomes the readout line.
  • the pixel signal is read out. Therefore, there is a time difference in the read timing between the first line and the nth line.
  • the period from the start of reading of the pixel data of the first line of the image sensor 11 to the end of reading of the pixel data of the nth line is an image reading period IR.
  • a period other than the periodically occurring video readout period IR and a period in which exposure is simultaneously performed on all lines is an all-line simultaneous exposure period AL.
  • an entire line simultaneous exposure period AL and a video readout period IR are included in a period T of one field or one frame of an image.
  • the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL and the video readout period IR are alternately switched. Note that the period T of one field (or one frame) and the time t1 of the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL are determined by the specifications of the image sensor 11.
  • the imaging device 11 provided in the insertion portion of the endoscope has a plurality of lines that receive reflected light from the subject irradiated with light, and performs exposure of the plurality of lines simultaneously.
  • This is a rolling shutter type imaging device that alternately switches between the line simultaneous exposure period AL and the readout period IR for sequentially reading out the imaging signal of each line from a plurality of lines.
  • the imaging device 11 has a plurality of lines that receive reflected light from a subject irradiated with light, and an exposure period from the start of exposure to the end of exposure in each line and the charge accumulated in the exposure period.
  • the driving signal I output from the light emitting element driving unit 24 changes between a predetermined minimum value Imin and a predetermined maximum value Imax.
  • the controller 21 outputs the light emitting element drive control signal CS2 to the light emitting element driver 24. That is, the light emitting element drive control signal CS2 is a signal such that the drive signal I output from the light emitting element drive unit 24 is between a predetermined minimum value Imin and a predetermined maximum value Imax.
  • the control unit 21 determines whether the brightness detected by the brightness detection unit 22 is in accordance with the brightness of the image.
  • a light emitting element drive control signal CS2 is output to the light emitting element driving unit 24 so that the light emitting element 13 emits illumination light with an intensity at which the image has appropriate brightness.
  • the control unit 21 performs current level control for dimming by adjusting the magnitude of the drive signal I flowing through the light emitting element 13.
  • the current level control is, for example, PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation) control.
  • the magnitude of the current value of the drive signal I flowing through the light emitting element 13 is the same as the period T1 in the period T2.
  • the magnitude of the current value of the drive signal I does not change, but the drive signal I is turned off at time t11 during the video readout period IR by PWM control.
  • PWM control is performed in the video readout period IR of the period T3.
  • illumination control is performed in the first illumination mode M1 in which illumination light having a constant intensity corresponding to the brightness of the image is emitted in the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL and the video readout period IR. ing.
  • the drive signal I is adjusted between the predetermined minimum value Imin and the predetermined maximum value Imax, but the distal end portion of the insertion portion of the endoscope 2 is the subject. If the distance is too close, the brightness of the image becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined brightness even if the drive signal I is the minimum value Imin.
  • control unit 21 normally performs illumination control in the first illumination mode M1 that emits illumination light having the same intensity in the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL and the video readout period IR in order to obtain an image with appropriate brightness. To do.
  • the control unit 21 emits illumination light with a constant intensity by current level control during the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL, and emits illumination light by PWM control during the video readout period IR.
  • the illumination mode is switched to execute illumination control in the second illumination mode M2. That is, the control unit 21 configures a light emission control unit that controls the light emitting element 13 so as to change the irradiation time of the light emitted from the light emitting element 13 that is the light emitting unit in the video readout period IR. Further, the control unit 21 as the light emission control unit controls the light emitting element 13 so as to change the intensity of light from the light emitting element 13 during the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL.
  • the second illumination mode M2 is a mode that is executed when the required light quantity is small, emitting illumination light by current level control in the simultaneous exposure period AL for all lines, and emitting illumination light by PWM control in the image readout period IR. It is.
  • the control unit 21 as the light emission control unit changes the light irradiation time by performing pulse width control on the image sensor 11.
  • illumination control is performed in the second illumination mode M2 in which illumination light by PWM control is emitted in the video readout period IR. Also in the all-line exposure period AL and the video readout period IR in the second illumination mode M2, the drive signal I when the illumination light is emitted is adjusted between a predetermined minimum value Imin and a predetermined maximum value Imax.
  • the first illumination mode M1 and the second illumination mode M2 are switched according to the brightness L of the screen.
  • FIG. 2 shows that the transition of the illumination control from the first illumination mode M1 to the second illumination mode M2 is performed when the period T2 transitions to the period T3.
  • illumination with the drive signal I having the current value Ic is performed over the entire video readout period IR, but in the period T3, the first illumination mode M1 is changed to the second illumination mode M2.
  • PWM control is executed in the video readout period IR, and illumination is performed only in a part of the video readout period IR of the period T3 by PWM control in the period T3. Therefore, luminance unevenness due to exposure unevenness occurs in the image read in the video reading period IR of the period T3.
  • control unit 21 performs gain processing for correcting this luminance unevenness.
  • the first illumination mode M1 and the second illumination mode M2 are switched according to the brightness L of the screen, but the switching process between the first illumination mode M1 and the second illumination mode M2 will be described.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the illumination mode.
  • the vertical axis in FIG. 3 indicates the brightness L.
  • the control unit 21 controls the intensity of the illumination light emitted from the light emitting element 13 so that the brightness of the image becomes appropriate based on the brightness signal B detected by the brightness detection unit 22.
  • the drive signal I described above becomes the minimum value Imin
  • the brightness L of the obtained image does not become an appropriate brightness, and a predetermined value is obtained. It becomes more than the threshold value Lth.
  • the control unit 21 performs illumination control in the second illumination mode M2.
  • the illumination control is executed in the first illumination mode M1.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of gain processing in the second illumination mode M2. The process of FIG. 4 is always executed when the illumination control is executed in the second illumination mode M2.
  • the control unit 21 executes PWM control in the second illumination mode M2.
  • PWM control the output period OT of the drive signal I output in the video readout period IR changes according to the brightness L of the image.
  • the control unit 21 calculates the illumination light output in the video readout period IR, that is, the output period OT of the drive signal I, and at the same time, the control unit 21 calculates the output of the previous video readout period IR. It is determined whether there is a difference with respect to the output, that is, the output period OT of the drive signal I (S1).
  • the lighting control is performed in the first lighting mode M1 until the period T2, and the lighting control is performed in the second lighting mode M2 from the period T3.
  • control unit 21 executes gain processing (S2).
  • gain processing S2
  • each line of the image read and output in the period T3 in FIG. 2 is multiplied by a gain as indicated by C1 of G3, and the image read and generated in the period T3 Image processing is performed to eliminate the uneven brightness.
  • a region R1 indicated by hatching corresponding to the period after time t11 when illumination light is not emitted indicates that the image sensor 11 is not exposed.
  • Each pixel of the plurality of lines corresponding to the region R1 that is, each pixel of the plurality of unexposed lines after time t11, has a pixel value that is reduced by the amount not exposed. Therefore, the gain processing unit 21a of the control unit 21 multiplies the output of each pixel of the line corresponding to the region R1 by a gain as indicated by C1, and thereby obtains a pixel value, that is, brightness for the image obtained by the image sensor 11. Perform the correction.
  • C1 is a graph showing the magnitude of the gain corresponding to the line.
  • C1 indicates the magnitude of the gain for each line related to the period in which the illumination light is not emitted during the video readout period IR of the period T3.
  • a gain C1 as shown in FIG. 2 is multiplied for each line of the image.
  • the gain for the image in the period T3 in FIG. 2 is such that the nth line, which is the lowest line in the image, is the largest, and the line with the smallest line number that was not exposed by the illumination light during the video readout period IR is the smallest.
  • the gain C1 is determined by the magnitude Ic of the output drive signal I and the output period OT.
  • the gain C1 is stored in the memory 21b of the control unit 21 as table data set in advance according to the change amount of the magnitude Ic of the drive signal I and the change amount of the length of the output period OT.
  • the control unit 21 refers to the table data in the memory 21b based on the change amount of the magnitude Ic of the drive signal I and the change amount of the length of the output period OT, obtains the gain value of each line, and Perform gain processing.
  • the gain C1 may be obtained by a predetermined function calculation.
  • the function is a function using the magnitude Ic of the drive signal I and the length of the output period OT as variables, and may be stored in the memory 21b or described in a gain processing program.
  • the memory 21b is a gain storage unit that stores a gain value or a function that is determined in advance according to the amount of change in the light irradiation time, and the control unit 21 serving as an image correction unit stores the gain stored in the memory 21b. Correction is performed on the imaging signal using a value or a function.
  • the control unit 21 performs gain processing on the imaging signal from the imaging element 11.
  • a correction unit that performs correction is configured.
  • the gain value C1 used for the gain processing for each line is ⁇ / ⁇ ( ⁇ is the irradiation time of the illumination light for each line in the target frame image, and ⁇ is the exposure period for each line in the target frame image). . Moreover, it is not necessarily limited to ⁇ / ⁇ , and any value may be used as long as it is a multiple of ⁇ / ⁇ .
  • illumination control is performed in the second illumination mode M2 also in the period T4 following the period T3. Since illumination light was not emitted during the video readout period IR of the period T4, it is determined in S4 that there is a difference from the output of the video readout period IR of the previous field (period T3) (S1: YES)
  • the control unit 21 executes gain processing (S2).
  • the image of the period T4 in FIG. 2 is obtained by the exposure to the time t11 during the video readout period IR of the period T3 and the exposure during the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL of the period T4. Therefore, the gain C2 for the image in the period T4 in FIG. 2 is the largest in the nth line, which is the lowest line in the image, and the line with the smallest line number that was not exposed by the illumination light during the video readout period IR. Has the smallest linear relationship.
  • the light is output even if the illumination light amounts in the two video readout periods before and after the all-line simultaneous exposure period are different. It is possible to provide an endoscope apparatus and a video processor in which unevenness in luminance of an image is reduced.
  • illumination control is performed by driving the light-emitting element 13 by PWM control in the video readout period IR.
  • the light-emitting element is controlled by PNM (Pulse Number Modulation) control instead of PWM control.
  • Illumination control may be performed by driving 13.
  • PWM control is performed in the video readout period, but in this embodiment, current level control is performed.
  • the current level control is, for example, PAM control.
  • the control unit 21 as the light emission control unit changes the light intensity by performing current level control on the image sensor 11.
  • the endoscope apparatus of the present embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the endoscope apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. Therefore, in the following description, the same components as those in the endoscope apparatus 1 of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, description thereof will be omitted, and different configurations and operations will be described.
  • the endoscope apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as the endoscope apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, but the second illumination mode M2 executed by the control unit 21 is not PWM control in the video readout period IR. Perform level control. Therefore, the control unit 21 configures a light emission control unit that controls the light emitting element 13 so as to change the intensity of light emitted from the light emitting element 13 that is the light emitting unit in the video readout period IR.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the relationship between the exposure period and readout period of the image sensor 11 during imaging of the endoscope apparatus 1, the output of illumination light emitted from the light emitting element 13, and the correction gain amount according to the present embodiment.
  • It is a schematic diagram for doing. 5 schematically shows the timing of the exposure period and the readout period of each line of the image sensor 11 with respect to the horizontal axis that is the axis of time t, in the range indicated by G1 in the upper stage, as in FIG. Has been.
  • G2 a change in the drive signal I flowing in the light emitting element 13 is shown with respect to the horizontal axis that is the axis of time t.
  • G3 in the lower stage indicates the magnitude of the correction gain for each line, and the length in the horizontal axis direction indicates the magnitude of the correction gain for each line.
  • the control unit 21 performs illumination control based on the brightness L of the image, as in the first embodiment.
  • the control unit 21 changes the illumination mode from the first illumination mode M1 to the second illumination mode M2.
  • control unit 21 when the irradiation amount in the video readout period IR is different from the irradiation amount in the previous video readout period IR in the second illumination mode, the control unit 21 performs gain processing as shown in FIG. Execute (S2).
  • illumination control is performed in the first illumination mode M1 by the drive signal I having the current value Id1.
  • the second illumination mode M2 is entered, and the current value Id2 in the video readout period IR in the period T4 has a difference from the current value Id1 in the video readout period IR in the period T3.
  • the pixel value of the line corresponding to the region R11 decreases by the current value (Id1-Id2).
  • the current value Id3 in the video readout period IR in the period T5 has a difference from the current value Id2 in the video readout period IR in the period T4.
  • the method of gain processing is the same as in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment. That is, when in the second illumination mode M2, it is determined whether or not the current value of the drive signal I in the video readout period IR is different from the current value of the drive signal I in the previous video readout period IR (S1). When there is a difference, gain processing is executed (S2).
  • each line of the image read and output in the period T4 in FIG. 5 is multiplied by a gain as indicated by C11 of G3, and the image read and generated in the period T4 Image processing is performed to eliminate the uneven brightness.
  • the gain processing unit 21a of the control unit 21 multiplies the output of each pixel of each line by a gain as indicated by C11, and corrects the pixel value, that is, the brightness of the image obtained by the image sensor 11. .
  • C11 is a graph showing the magnitude of the gain corresponding to each line.
  • C11 indicates the magnitude of the gain for each line corresponding to the amount by which the amount of illumination light is reduced during the video readout period IR of the period T4.
  • a gain C11 as shown in FIG. 5 is multiplied for each line of the image.
  • the gain for the image in the period T4 in FIG. 5 has a linear relationship such that the nth line, which is the lowest line in the image, is the largest.
  • the luminance unevenness of the image obtained in the period T4 is corrected by the gain process in S2.
  • illumination control is performed in the second illumination mode M2 also in the period T5, and the gain shown in C12 of FIG. 5 is applied to each line of the image for the image in the period T5. Is multiplied. In a region R12 indicated by diagonal lines, the amount of received light in the image sensor 11 is smaller than the amount of light in the previous video readout period IR (in the period T4).
  • the gain C12 for the image in the period T5 in FIG. 5 is also the largest in the nth line, which is the lowest line in the image, and the line of line number 1 in which the amount of illumination light is the smallest during the video readout period IR. Has a small linear relationship.
  • the gain value may be stored in the memory 21b, or the function may be stored in the memory 21b. Therefore, the memory 21b is a gain storage unit that stores a gain value or function of a predetermined gain that is determined in advance according to the amount of change in light intensity.
  • the current level control is performed in the all-line simultaneous exposure period AL, but PWM control may be performed.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif d'endoscope (1) ayant : un élément électroluminescent (13); un élément d'imagerie de type obturateur roulant (11) qui commute de manière alternée entre une période d'exposition, pendant laquelle une pluralité de lignes sont exposées, et une période de lecture pendant laquelle un signal d'imagerie pour chaque ligne est lu séquentiellement à partir de la pluralité de lignes; et une unité de commande (21). L'unité de commande (21) : commande l'élément électroluminescent (13) de façon à changer des temps d'irradiation pour la lumière provenant de l'élément électroluminescent (13) pendant la période de lecture; et corrige les signaux d'imagerie provenant de l'élément d'imagerie (11) au moyen d'un traitement de gain, lorsqu'il y a une différence de quantité de lumière émise par l'élément électroluminescent (13) pendant deux périodes de lecture sur chaque côté d'une période d'exposition en conséquence d'une commande par une unité de commande électroluminescente.
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