Patent ID: 7734160

Claim:
An endoscope apparatus including: an endoscope unit having: a lens unit; a photographing unit for photographing an optical image picked up through the lens unit; and a lens unit driving motor for driving the lens unit for realizing at least one of a zoom function and a focus function; and a control unit having: an image processing circuit for processing an image signal output from the photographing unit, and for outputting the processed image signal to a monitor, wherein; at least one of the endoscope unit and the control unit comprises: a motor driving circuit for controlling the lens unit driving motor; and a motor control circuit for outputting a control signal that controls the motor driving circuit by detecting a switch signal generated by operation of a zoom switch or a focus switch the endoscope unit farther comprises: a determination information notification unit for notifying determination information used for the determination of whether or not the endoscope unit has a zoom function and a focus function; and the control unit farther comprises: a control unit for controlling the operation of the motor driving circuit and the motor control circuit on the basis of the determination information notified by the determination information notification unit.