Patent ID: 8248465

Claim:
A measuring endoscope apparatus comprising: an endoscope that performs photoelectric conversion of a subject image to generate an imaging signal; an imaging signal processing unit that processes the imaging signal to generate image data; a measurement unit that executes measurement based on a principle of triangulation using the image data; a display signal generating unit that generates a display signal for displaying a measurement result; a determination unit that determines a reliability of the measurement result based on the image data; a control unit that executes a control according to a determination result; and an input unit to which an instruction to move a pointer indicating a position of a measurement point on the subject image and an instruction to start the measurement are input; wherein the display signal generating unit generates a display signal for displaying an image based on the image data, the measurement result, and the pointer; wherein the determination unit determines the reliability of the measurement result at the position of the measurement point until the instruction to start the measurement is input to the input unit after the instruction to move the pointer is input to the input unit; and wherein the reliability of the measurement result is determinable by the determination unit in a state in which the pointer moves.