Patent ID: 8480565

Claim:
An endoscope control apparatus comprising: a first connector receiving portion and a second connector receiving portion, to and from which an endoscope is attachable and detachable; a connection detection portion for detecting a connecting state of the endoscope in the first connector receiving portion and the second connector receiving portion and outputting a connection detection signal, the connection detection portion including a first connection detection portion for detecting a connecting state of the endoscope in the first connector receiving portion and a second connection detection portion for detecting a connecting state of the endoscope in the second connector receiving portion; a first patient circuit electrically connected to a post stage of the first connector receiving portion and connected also to a first reference potential point; a second patient circuit electrically connected to a post stage of the second connector receiving portion, and connected also to a second reference potential point, a potential of which is different from a potential of the first reference potential point, the second patient circuit being provided so as to be electrically independent of the first patient circuit; and a control portion configured to perform, based on the connection detection signal outputted from the connection detection portion, in a period from when the endoscope is connected to one connector receiving portion of the first connector receiving portion and the second connector receiving portion to when the endoscope is extracted from the one connector receiving portion, a control to carry out a power supply to one patient circuit and one connection detection portion which correspond to the one connector receiving portion and to stop a power supply to the other patient circuit and the other connection detection portion which correspond to the other connector receiving portion different from the one connector receiving portion, and when it is detected that the endoscope is extracted from the one connector receiving portion, a control to stop a power supply to the first patient circuit and the second patient circuit and to carry out a power supply to the first connection detection portion and the second connection detection portion.