Patent ID: 8905918
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscope system, comprising: an image pickup portion for picking up an image of a suspected substance and then producing a first video signal; a plurality of optical fibers for transmitting the first video signal output from the image pickup portion; a video signal processing portion for processing the first video signals transmitted by the optical fibers and then outputting the processed first video signals to an image display portion; and a trouble detection portion for detecting trouble in a transmission state of the optical fibers, wherein the processed first video signal includes a plurality of first frame images and a plurality of second frame images, wherein each of the plurality of first frame images and the plurality of second frame images are transmitted along corresponding one of the optical fibers, and wherein, if the trouble detection portion detects trouble in the optical fibers transmitting the first frame images, the video signal processing portion outputs the second frame images to the image display portion, and a second video signal is made by the second frame images in the image display portion.