Patent ID: 7209162

Claim:
An electronic endoscope apparatus including a video-scope with an image sensor, comprising: a moving-image displayer that reads image-pixel signals from said image sensor at a predetermined time interval and processes the image-pixel signals, to display a moving-image; a light-amount adjuster that adjusts a light-amount, the light-amount being an amount of light for illuminating a subject; and a still-image recorder that performs a series of actions for recording a still image as data, said still-image recorder being configured to perform a high-speed electronic shutter action that enables the image-pixel signals to be read at a still-image electronic shutter speed, which corresponds to a reading time interval shorter than the predetermined time interval, wherein said still-image recorder controls the light-amount adjuster such that the light-amount increases until it becomes a standard light-amount corresponding to a recording of the still-image, when the series of actions is started, and wherein said still-image recorder performs a recording process that records the still-image as data in accordance with the still-image electronic shutter speed when the light-amount has become the standard light-amount.