Patent ID: 7551196
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An endoscope apparatus, comprising: an imaging device for imaging an object image; a drive signal generator portion for generating a drive signal to drive the imaging device; a video signal extracting portion for extracting a video signal from an imaging signal obtained by the imaging device; an A/D converter portion for converting the video signal extracted by the video signal extracting portion to a digital signal; a control portion which operationally controls at least one of a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a normal exposure mode and a long time exposure mode and the second mode being a normal dynamic range mode and a dynamic range extension mode; a drive signal timing converter portion capable of converting timing of the drive signal supplied to the imaging device in response to controls provided by the control portion; a memory for at least temporarily storing the video signal while the video signal is processed; and a memory control signal generator portion for generating a control signal which controls the operation of the memory in response to the controlling provided by the control portion.