Patent ID: 6322496
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An electronic endoscope system, including an endoscope unit provided with an image capturing device, said image capturing device outputting an image signal representing a captured image; a video processing unit for processing the image signal output by said image capturing device; and a display device that displays an image in accordance with the image signal processed by said video processing unit,said video processing unit including:an image display condition controlling system that controls a displaying condition of an image on said display device, the displaying condition being determined in accordance with displaying parameters;a changing device for changing said displaying parameters;a memory for storing at least one registration ID (identification) code and the displaying parameters,said endoscope system further comprising an ID code input member, which inputs an ID code instrinsic to said ID code input member, to said video processing unit,said video processing unit further including:a discriminating system which discriminates whether the ID code input from said ID code input member coincides with said at least one registration ID code;a controller that controls said image display controlling system to adjust the displaying condition in accordance with the displaying parameters stored in said memory when said ID code input from said ID code input member coincides with said at least one registration ID code, said controller controlling said image display condition controlling system to adjust the displaying condition in accordance with a predetermined reference displaying parameters when said ID code input from said ID code input member does not coincide with said at least one registration ID code.