Patent ID: 7905827

Claim:
An encapsulated endoscope system comprising: an encapsulated endoscope configured to be inserted in a body cavity, the encapsulated endoscope comprising an imaging unit configured to image the body cavity; a control unit configured to generate an instruction signal for rotating the encapsulated endoscope by a predetermined amount in a desired direction; a driving unit configured to rotate the encapsulated endoscope by the predetermined amount in the desired direction based on the instruction signal generated by the control unit; an extracorporeal unit configured to receive image data sent from the imaging unit and the instruction signal generated by the control unit, and to record the instruction signal and the image data in association with each other; an image processing unit configured to correct an orientation of the image data based on the instruction signal and to cause a display device to display the corrected image data; and an information recording medium that can be freely connected to or disconnected from the extracorporeal unit and the image processing unit, wherein the image data is transferred from the extracorporeal unit to the image processing unit via the information recording medium.