Patent ID: 7001330

Claim:
An electronic endoscope system, comprising: an electronic endoscope; an endoscope processor to which said electronic endoscope is detachably connected; a usage status monitoring system which monitors a usage status of said electronic endoscope system and outputs status data; and a usage condition obtaining system which obtains a usage condition of said electronic endoscope system based on the status data, said usage condition obtaining system updating the usage condition based on the status data successively output by said usage status monitoring system; wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a first memory in which the usage condition is stored; wherein said usage status monitoring system includes a detecting system which determines whether said endoscope processor is supplied with power, the status data including a detection result of said detecting system; and wherein said usage condition obtaining system includes a timer, and a time measuring system which measures a total time period for which said endoscope processor is supplied with power using said timer based on the detection result output by said detecting system, the usage condition including the total time period.