Medical endoscope device and medical observation system

Abstract

There is provided a medical endoscope device including: an encoding processing unit configured to compression-encode RAW image data of a medical captured image of an observation target captured by an imaging device that is inserted into a body of a patient and captures an image of an inside of the body; and a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the compression-encoded RAW image data.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medical endoscope device comprising:
 an encoding processing unit configured to compression-encode RAW image data of a medical captured image of an observation target captured by an imaging device that is inserted into a body of a patient and captures an image of an inside of the body; and   a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the compression-encoded RAW image data.   
     
     
         2 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the encoding processing unit compression-encodes the RAW image data at a plurality of different compression ratios, and   the transmission unit transmits the compression-encoded RAW image data corresponding to a wireless transmission state, of the RAW image data compression-encoded at the plurality of compression ratios.   
     
     
         3 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the compression-encoded RAW image data at different frequencies. 
     
     
         4 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 3 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the compression-encoded RAW image data at different frequencies at a same time. 
     
     
         5 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 3 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the compression-encoded RAW image data at one of a plurality of frequencies. 
     
     
         6 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 5 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the compression-encoded RAW image data at a frequency corresponding to a wireless transmission state. 
     
     
         7 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 5 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the compression-encoded RAW image data at a frequency corresponding to an operation state of a predetermined medical apparatus. 
     
     
         8 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 , wherein the encoding processing unit performs compression-encoding at a compression ratio corresponding to a state of electronic zoom of the imaging device. 
     
     
         9 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the encoding processing unit compression-encodes each of first RAW image data of a medical captured image for a right eye and second RAW image data of a medical captured image for a left eye, and   the transmission unit wirelessly transmits each of the compression-encoded first RAW image data and the compression-encoded second RAW image data.   
     
     
         10 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 9 , wherein the transmission unit stops transmission of the compression-encoded first RAW image data or the compression-encoded second RAW image data on a basis of a wireless transmission state. 
     
     
         11 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit further transmits additional information. 
     
     
         12 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 , wherein the encoding processing unit changes a way of compression-encoding of the RAW image data on a basis of a wireless transmission state. 
     
     
         13 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit further transmits the compression-encoded RAW image data in a wired manner. 
     
     
         14 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the encoding processing unit compression-encodes the RAW image data by a predetermined unit that is smaller than the medical captured image, and the transmission unit transmits the RAW image data compression-encoded by the predetermined unit.   
     
     
         15 . The medical endoscope device according to  claim 1 , wherein the encoding processing unit compression-encodes the RAW image data without performing a demosaic process. 
     
     
         16 . A medical reception device comprising:
 a reception unit configured to wirelessly receive compression-encoded RAW image data obtained by compression-encoding RAW image data of a medical captured image of an observation target captured by an imaging device that is inserted into a body of a patient and captures an image of an inside of the body; and   a signal processing unit configured to process the received compression-encoded RAW image data.   
     
     
         17 . The medical reception device according to  claim 16 , wherein the signal processing unit processes the compression-encoded RAW image data received by the reception unit or the compression-encoded RAW image data received by an external antenna. 
     
     
         18 . A medical observation system comprising:
 a medical endoscope device including   an encoding processing unit configured to compression-encode RAW image data of a medical captured image of an observation target captured by an imaging device that is inserted into a body of a patient and captures an image of an inside of the body, and   a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit the compression-encoded RAW image data; and   a medical reception device including   a reception unit configured to wirelessly receive the compression-encoded RAW image data, and   a signal processing unit configured to process the received compression-encoded RAW image data.   
     
     
         19 . The medical observation system according to  claim 18 ,
 wherein the encoding processing unit of the medical endoscope device compression-encodes the RAW image data without performing a demosaic process, and   the signal processing unit of the medical reception device performs the demosaic process on the compression-encoded RAW image data received by the reception unit or the compression-encoded RAW image data received by an external antenna.