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1. An imaging device configured to be connected to a control device to perform communication, the imaging device comprising:
an imaging element configured to irradiate a subject with illumination light, capture an optical image reflected from the subject, and generate an image signal indicating a plurality of images of the subject per one frame period, the control device being configured to perform predetermined image processing on the image signal; an observation method determining unit configured to determine, based on identification information indicating types of the control device transmitted from the control device connected to the imaging device, whether the control device adopts a first observation method for processing an image signal indicating a plurality of images of the subject per one frame period or a second observation method for processing an image signal indicating a single image of the subject per one frame period; and a data reducing unit, wherein if the observation method determining unit determines that the control device connected to the imaging device adopts the second observation method, the data reducing unit is configured to reduce a data amount of the image signal to be transmitted to the control device per unit time such that a transmission rate indicating the data amount of the image signal to be transmitted to the control device per unit time is acceptable to the control device that adopts the second observation method, and is configured to transmit the image signal to the control device. |
