ENDOSCOPE OPERATING SYSTEM

摘要

An endoscope operating system comprises: an endoscope (24); a holding arm unit (10) which movably supports a tip portion of the endoscope (24) in the lateral, vertical and front back direction and rotatably supports the same; a display part which displays an image based on an image signal from an imaging part of the endoscope (24); a gyro sensor (2) which is to be mounted on the head of an operator (OP); a gyro sensor (3) which is to be mounted on the torso of the operator (OP); and a control unit (40) which controls the direction of movement and speed of the tip portion of the endoscope (24). The control unit (40) calculates the translation speed of a neck position of the operator (OP) in a front back direction from an angular velocity based on an inclination angle of the upper body of the operator (OP) as detected by the gyro sensor (3) and calculates a target velocity vector on the basis of the calculated translation speed of the neck position of the operator (OP) in the front back direction and movement information of the posture of the head of the operator (OP) as detected by the gyro sensor (2).