ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An endoscope apparatus comprising:
- a first video signal generating portion that generates a first video signal displayed on a display device as an endoscope image from an image pickup signal picked up by an image pickup device of an endoscope;
a second video signal generating portion that performs a signal processing of the first video signal using application software that runs on an operating system and generates a second video signal;
a video signal selecting portion that selects one of the first video signal and the second video signal and outputs the signal to the display device; and
a control portion that determines or estimates whether the second signal generating portion can output the second video signal, and applies a control signal so that the video signal selecting portion outputs the first video signal when determining or estimating that the second signal generating portion cannot output the second video signal.
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Abstract
An endoscope apparatus includes: a first video signal generating portion that generates a first video signal displayed on a display device as an endoscope image from an image pickup signal picked up by an image pickup device; and a second video signal generating portion that performs an image processing of the first video signal in accordance with application software that runs on an operating system and generates a second video signal. The endoscope apparatus includes: a video signal selecting portion that selects the first video signal or the second video signal and outputs the signal; and a control portion that determines or estimates whether the second signal generating portion can output the second video signal, and applies a control signal so that the video signal selecting portion outputs the first video signal when determining or estimating that the second signal generating portion cannot output the second video signal.
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20 Claims
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1. An endoscope apparatus comprising:
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a first video signal generating portion that generates a first video signal displayed on a display device as an endoscope image from an image pickup signal picked up by an image pickup device of an endoscope; a second video signal generating portion that performs a signal processing of the first video signal using application software that runs on an operating system and generates a second video signal; a video signal selecting portion that selects one of the first video signal and the second video signal and outputs the signal to the display device; and a control portion that determines or estimates whether the second signal generating portion can output the second video signal, and applies a control signal so that the video signal selecting portion outputs the first video signal when determining or estimating that the second signal generating portion cannot output the second video signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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