Olympus Corporation

Hidekazu Shinano

Hideyuki Kugimiya

Makoto Ono

Yugo Koizumi

Koichiro Tabuchi

Mitsutaka Nemoto

An endoscope system includes a processor that performs image processing on endoscope image data acquired by an endoscope, which is inserted in a subject and observes an inside of the subject. The processor communicate with a terminal device including a transceiver configured to transmit identification information identifying the terminal device, and a controller configured to: determine whether the processor is a connection destination configured to perform two-way communication, based on the received processor identification information, authenticate whether a user of the terminal device is a predetermined registered user by analyzing data obtained by the terminal device from the user, and allow two-way communication between the processor and the terminal device in response to the processor being determined as the connection designation to perform two-way communication and in response to authenticating the user of the terminal device.

Endoscope system, terminal device, and control method

An endoscope apparatus is provided with: a power generating section supplying power to a target circuit of an endoscope; a scope information acquiring section acquiring scope information about the endoscope from the endoscope; a protection circuit provided in association with the power generating section, the protection circuit being capable of operating in a plurality of protection modes; and an operation controlling section controlling the power generating section, and selecting and setting one protection mode from among the plurality of protection modes for the protection circuit, based on the scope information.

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Hidekazu Shinano