ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

摘要

The invention provides an electronic endoscope system in which an endoscope control section of an electronic endoscope generates a power requesting signal indicating an amount of power to be supplied to the electronic endoscope in accordance with an operating state of an in-scope electric circuit and transmits the power requesting signal to a video processor, and a power supply control section of the video processor causes a power variable section and a variable regulator to output power with the amount of power indicated by the received power requesting signal to the electronic endoscope.

主权项

1. An electronic endoscope system comprising:
an electronic endoscope for observing an inside of a subject, the electronic endoscope including,
an in-scope electric circuit, anda power requesting section that generates and transmits a power requesting signal indicating an amount of power to be supplied in accordance with an operating state of the in-scope electric circuit; and a power supply apparatus to which the electronic endoscope is connected, the power supply apparatus including,
a power supply that supplies power to the electronic endoscope, anda power supply control section that receives the power requesting signal and controls the power supply so as to output power with the amount of power indicated by the received power requesting signal to the electronic endoscope.