Patent ID: 7393321

Claim:
An endoscope apparatus having a solid-state image-pickup device that picks up images of an object, comprising: an endoscope including the solid-state image-pickup device in which charges are accumulated in order to pick up an image of the object during an accumulation period; a memory in which a plurality of pieces of information on the accumulation period, during which charges are accumulated in the solid-state image-pickup device, is stored; a drive unit that controls the accumulation period, during which charges are accumulated in the solid-state image-pickup device, according to the pieces of information on the accumulation period stored in the memory; an optical member which is included in an optical system that forms an optical image on the solid-state image-pickup device and whose surface is shaped rotationally asymmetric; a correction information memory in which correction information associated with the optical property of the optical member is stored; and a correction unit that corrects an output signal of the solid-state image-pickup device according to the contents of the correction information memory.