Patent ID: 9591198
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An endoscope comprising: an imager that comprises multiple pixels which output pixel signals, and that outputs an image signal comprising the pixel signals; an analog-digital converter that converts the image signal to digital image data in parallel data format; a data converter that converts the digital image data to transmission data; and the data converter converting the pixel-generated digital image data based on a first rule, converting the converted digital image data to converted pixel data in serial data format, and adding a start bit and an end bit to the converted pixel data to convert the digital image data to the transmission data, wherein the multiple pixels correspond to multiple colors; one pixel corresponds to one color; the multiple pixels are aligned in a predetermined direction in the imager; the first rule alternately inverts the digital image data that are output by the multiple pixels of the same colors that are aligned in the predetermined direction.