Patent ID: 8427534

Claim:
A processor for an electronic endoscope, the processor configured to be connected with a videoscope adapted to generate a color-adjusted picture signal from a color image signal for an image of an observed object through color adjustment using first color adjustment data and to transmit the generated color-adjusted picture signal to the processor, the processor comprising: a light source configured to emit light for illuminating the observed object; a determiner configured to determine whether or not the first color adjustment data used by the videoscope is adapted to the light source; a color conversion data acquirer configured to acquire color conversion data compatible with the first color adjustment data when the determiner determines that the first color adjustment data is not compatible with the light source; and a color converter configured to: receive the color-adjusted picture signal generated through the color adjustment using the first color adjustment data; generate a video signal from the received color-adjusted picture signal by performing color conversion using the color conversion data acquired by the color conversion data acquirer, the color conversion readjusting a color tone of the color-adjusted picture signal generated using the first color adjustment data not compatible with the light source, so as to generate the video signal with the readjusted color tone; and transmit the generated video signal to a monitor.