Patent ID: 11877046
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  G | IPC A  G  H

Claim 12:
13. The driving method according to claim 10, further comprising:
in the first operation mode:
switching from a third state to a fourth state in response to the second clock signal received from the first processor;
generating a second enable signal while in the fourth state;
generating the first drive signal based on the switching signal, the second enable signal and the second clock signal received from the first processor; and

in the second operation mode:
switching from the third state to the fourth state in response to the second clock signal received from the second processor;
generating the second enable signal while in the fourth state; and
in the absence of the first clock signal from the first processor, generating the second drive signal for driving the endoscope based on the second enable signal and second clock signal received from the second processor.