Patent ID: 6589162
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An endoscope system including an endoscope, a TV monitor, and a peripheral device separate from the endoscope and the TV monitor, said endoscope comprising:an objective optical system; an image pickup device that converts an image formed by the objective optical system into a TV signal which can be indicated in said TV monitor; a signal generator that generates a control signal to be supplied to said peripheral device so as to control the peripheral device; a transmitter that transmits, as a radio signal, the TV signal to the TV monitor when no control signal is generated by said signal generator, and that transmits, as a radio signal, both the TV signal and the control signal to the TV monitor and to the peripheral device upon the control signal being generated by said signal generator; and a signal adder that adds the control signal to a blanking interval of said TV signal to output the TV signal added with said control signal to the transmitter.