Patent ID: 7365768

Claim:
An endoscope, comprising: an elongated insert section; a solid-state image pickup device for picking up an image, the solid-state image pickup device being provided to an end portion of the insert section; a general-purpose video signal processing circuit including a drive signal generating section for generating a drive signal for driving the solid-state image pickup device, and a video signal processing section for producing a standard video signal in response to an output signal outputted from the solid-state image pickup device, wherein the general-purpose video signal processing circuit is mounted on a first common board along with a first microcomputer that performs operation setting of the general-purpose video signal processing circuit; an adjusting circuit including a timing adjusting section for performing timing adjustment of the drive signal by receiving and thereafter delaying the drive signal generated by the drive signal generating section in accordance with a delay time and transmitting the delayed drive signal to the solid-state image pickup device such that the output signal to be inputted to the general-purpose video signal processing circuit has a correct timing, and a signal processing adjusting section for adjusting signal processing with respect to the video signal processing section, wherein the adjusting circuit is mounted on a second common board along with a second microcomputer for controlling the adjusting circuit, and wherein the first microcomputer is connected to the second microcomputer through an interface; and a video signal output connector for outputting the standard video signal outputted from the general-purpose video signal processing circuit to an external display unit.