JPH08112242A - Electronic endoscope apparatus connected to filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make a filing operation of the subsequent patient ready even when an ending key is not pressed by eliminating complication in the operation of the ending key after a warning. CONSTITUTION: This apparatus is provided with an electronic endoscope 10 having a freeze button 18, a main processor 11 having a CPU 24 and a filing device 14 for recording data and image data concerning patients and having a CPU 28. The filing device 14 is connected to the main processor 11. The main processor 11 transmits an ending command to the filing device 14 before the transmission of a start command after the depressing of a filing start key. This enables the ending of the preceding filing operation by the ending command to be transmitted at the starting of the filing of the subsequent patient even when depressing of the ending key is forgotten in the filing of the preceding patient.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic endoscope apparatus to which a filing apparatus is connected, and more particularly, to control contents for recording an image of an inside of an observed body as patient data in the filing apparatus under the control of the main body processor apparatus side. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electronic endoscope apparatus, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), which is a solid-state image sensor, is provided at the tip of the endoscope, and the signal obtained by this CCD is subjected to image processing by a processor unit. , The image of the inside of the observed body is displayed on the monitor. In addition, a filing device can be connected to such a device by using an RS232C interface or the like, and the image of the inside of the observed body is recorded together with other data regarding the patient in this device. .

That is, in the above filing apparatus, when the start command transmitted from the processor unit on the electronic endoscope apparatus side is received, the patient ID code (identification code) is confirmed, and then the image is captured and the processor is processed. Receiving an end command from the device stops the image capture. In this way, the image of the observed inside of the observed body is recorded and stored in the filing device together with the information about the patient himself, and it is possible to use it for later observation and the like.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional electronic endoscope apparatus, while the operator under observation operates the operation section of the electronic endoscope, the start command to the filing apparatus and Since the operation of transmitting the end command is performed by the key operation of the operation unit of the main body processor device, it is easy to forget the operation of the end key even if the operation of the start key is performed. Therefore, conventionally, without pressing the end key, the process moves to the next patient observation, and when a new start key is pressed, an alarm is sounded and the operation of the end key is prompted. However, such an operation of the end key is relatively complicated, and even if the end key is forgotten to be pressed, it is convenient if the next in-vivo image of the patient can be filing operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to eliminate the complexity of the operation of the end key after the alarm and to enable the filing operation of the next patient even if the end key is not pressed. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic endoscope device for connecting a filing device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects a filing device for recording various patient data, and sends a start command and an end command from the main body processor device side to the filing device. In the electronic endoscope device that controls filing by transmitting, in the main body processor device, an end command is transmitted to the filing device after the filing start operation is executed and before the start command is transmitted. Is characterized by.

[0007]

According to the above configuration, the filing device is configured to receive the start command and the end command in order. When the filing device receives the start command, it confirms the patient ID code and permits the image capture. In this state, the image is captured and recorded. Then, by receiving the end command, the image acquisition is stopped, and when filing the next patient, it is necessary to prohibit the image acquisition permission state of the previous patient with the end command and stop it. There is.

However, conventionally, the end command is not transmitted unless the end key is pressed on the main processor unit side. Therefore, the present invention is such that when the filing of the next patient is started, the end command is transmitted before the start command is transmitted. Image capture will always be stopped.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an electronic endoscope apparatus to which a filing apparatus according to an embodiment is connected. In the figure, an electronic endoscope 10 as a scope is connected to a main body processor device 11, a monitor 12 is connected to the main body processor device 11, and a filing device 14 which is a peripheral device is connected by an interface of RS232C. Yes (other video printers can be connected). In the electronic endoscope 10 described above, a CCD 16 which is an image pickup device is provided at the distal end portion 15, and a freeze button (switch) 18 is arranged at the operation portion 17. The freeze button 18 performs a freeze operation and
As will be described later, a recording command signal is sent to the filing device.

In the main body processor unit 11, the C
An image processing circuit 20 for performing processing such as signal amplification, gamma correction, and white balance on an image signal input from the CD 16 is provided, and a parallel input / output unit 21, R
An OM 22, a RAM 23, and a central processing unit (CPU) 24 are provided, the ROM 22 and the RAM 23 store various kinds of information necessary for image processing and the like, and the CPU 24 controls the entire main body processor device and the filing device 14 described above.
Control signals such as start command and end command are sent to. Further, the main body processor device 11 is provided with an operation unit 25 including a keyboard and the like, and a serial input / output unit (RS232) for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the peripheral devices.
C) 26 is provided.

On the other hand, the filing device 14 is also provided with a CPU 28 via the same input / output section as described above, and the filing operation is controlled by this CPU 28. That is, when the start command transmitted from the main body processor device 11 is received, the image acquisition is permitted after the transmission request of the patient ID code and the like, and the image acquisition is prohibited by the reception of the end command. In such a filing device 14, data relating to a patient, such as patient ID, patient name, sex, date of birth, age, doctor name, hospital name, and the like, as well as image data obtained by an electronic endoscope, are stored. It will be recorded electronically.

The embodiment has the above-mentioned structure, and its operation will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows the operation of the CPU 28 on the filing device 14 side. When the start command is received at step 101, the main body processor device 11 side is requested to transmit the patient ID code. It is determined whether it has been received. If Y (YES) in this step 102, predetermined patient data such as the patient name is transmitted to the main body processor unit 11 (step 103), and the next step 1
In 04, the image acquisition is permitted. And step 105
Then, it is determined whether or not the end command is received, and when the end command is received (when Y), the image capturing is prohibited in step 106.

FIG. 3 shows C on the main processor unit 11 side.
The operation of the PU 24 is shown, and when the state in which the filing start key is pressed by the operation unit 25 (ON state) is detected as shown in FIG.
The end command is transmitted in the next step 202. The present invention is characterized in that the end command is transmitted at this point, but when the end key is pressed and the end command is transmitted during the filing operation of the previous patient (previous time), the filing device 14 Since the image capture is already prohibited and the end command is not accepted, no operation is performed here.

When the start command is transmitted in step 203, the filing device 14 starts the filing operation for the next patient (current time). In the next step 204, the patient ID code is transmitted in response to the above-mentioned request for transmitting the patient ID code from the filing device 14, and the process proceeds to step 205. In this step 205, it is judged whether or not the patient data (step 103 above) transmitted from the filing device 14 is received, and when it is received (when Y), an image capture trigger signal is sent out in step 206. To be done. That is,
When the result of step 205 is Y, the process waits for a recording command signal from the freeze button 18 (may be another operation button) in FIG. 1, and when a recording command signal is input based on a predetermined operation of the freeze button 18, , CPU 24 sends an image capture trigger signal to the filing device 14. Then, by this trigger signal, the filing device 14
The image data in the body under observation supplied from the image processing circuit 20 is taken in and sequentially recorded.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, when it is detected in step 211 that the end key of the operation unit 25 is pressed (ON state), step 212
An end command is transmitted from 24 to the filing device 14. Normally, with this end command, filing 1
4 image acquisition is prohibited. However, in the present invention, even if the operator forgets to press the end key of the operation unit 25, the next patient can be filed. That is, as described above, after the filing start key is pressed,
Since the end command is transmitted in step 202 of (A), the filing device 14 prohibits the previous image capture even if the end key is not pressed by the end command. Therefore, the filing operation of this time can be performed by receiving the start command in step 203 immediately after that.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the main body processor device sends the end command to the filing device after the filing start operation is performed and before the start command is sent, regardless of whether or not the end key is pressed, the next patient's Filing operation can be performed. Therefore, there is an advantage that the complexity of having to operate the end key without fail after the alarm as in the prior art is eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic endoscope device to which a filing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of a CPU on the filing device side of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of a CPU on the main processor unit side of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Electronic endoscope, 11 ... Main body processor device, 14 ... Filing device, 18 ... Freeze button, 20 ... Image processing circuit, 24, 28 ... CPU, 25 ... Operation part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic endoscope apparatus for controlling filing by connecting a filing device for recording various patient data and transmitting a start command and an end command from the main body processor device side to the filing device. An electronic endoscope apparatus for connecting a filing apparatus, wherein the main body processor apparatus transmits an end command to the filing apparatus after the filing start operation is executed and before the start command is transmitted.