Patent ID: 7749158
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic endoscope having a video-scope with an image sensor and a video-processor, said electronic endoscope comprising: a first memory that is provided in said video-scope and is configured to store a program associated with an operation of said video-processor, the program executing an observation operation to display an endoscope image by controlling the video-processor; a second memory that is provided in said video-processor and is configured to store the program; a third memory that is a nonvolatile memory and is provided in said video-processor; a program transmitter that is configured to transmit the program from said first memory to said second memory upon said video-scope being connected to said video-processor, wherein the video processor performs the observation operation that is executed by the program transmitted from the first memory, the observation operation executed by the program not being previously executable by the video processor; and a detector that detects a number of times that the program has been transmitted, wherein said program transmitter further transmits the program stored in said second memory to said third memory in response to the detected number of transmitting-times exceeding a predetermined number.