Patent ID: 7959560

Claim:
A body insertable apparatus comprising: a function executing unit that executes a predetermined function in a body into which the body insertable apparatus is inserted; an electric-power accumulating unit that accumulates driving power for driving the function executing unit; a detector that detects electric power supplied from the electric-power accumulating unit; an exhaustion unit that is provided separately from the function executing unit and exhausts the electric power in the electric-power accumulating unit; and a switching controller that switches electric power supply from the electric-power accumulating unit, from the function executing unit to the exhaustion unit, based on a detection result of the detector; wherein the switching controller supplies electric power from the electric-power accumulating unit to the function executing unit and to the exhaustion unit at the same time, and subsequently performs a switching for making the electric power supply to the function executing unit terminatably, based on the detection result of the detector.