Patent ID: 8777842
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope assembly which communicates with a data processing unit by radio waves, comprising: a power switch; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire and output an image data; operation switches configured to be operated by an operator; a control unit configured to set a function of the operation switches to a function for operating the wireless communication setting until the connection for wireless communication with the data processing unit is established after switching on the power switch, and to switch the function of the operation switches from the function for operating the wireless communication setting to a function for operating the image data after the connection for wireless communication with the data processing unit is established; and a storage unit configured to store parameters for operating the wireless communication setting and parameters for operating the image data, wherein the control unit is further configured to set the parameters for operating the wireless communication setting stored in the storage unit as operation parameters for the operation switches during a period from a time when the power switch has been turned on to a time when the connection for wireless communication with the data processing unit is established, and to set the parameters for operating the image data as the operation parameters for the operation switches after the connection for wireless communication with the data processing unit has been established, switch numerals are assigned to the operation switches, the storage unit is further configured to store a parameter table for communication in which the switch numerals are associated with the parameters for operating the wireless communication setting and a parameter table for image operation in which the switch numerals are associated with the parameters for operating the image data, and the control unit is further configured to set the parameters for operating the wireless communication setting associated with the switch numerals of the operation switches in the parameter table for communication stored in the storage unit as the operation parameters for the operation switches during a period from a time when the power switch is turned on to a time when the connection for wireless communication with the data processing unit is established, and to set the parameters for operating the image data associated with the switch numerals of the operation switches in the parameter table for image operation stored in the storage unit as the operation parameters for the operation switches after the connection for wireless communication with the data processing unit has been established.