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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system includes: an insertion part having a bending part; an observation unit; an operation unit configured to operate the bending part; a driving mechanism configured to generate a driving force used to drive the bending part; a control unit configured to control the driving mechanism; and a display unit configured to display a visual field image acquired by the observation unit, wherein the control unit has a normal mode and a lock-on mode as control modes, and the control unit is configured to stop an automatic driving of the bending part temporarily and allow the operation unit to perform a resetting of an interested position when an output from the operation unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and resume the automatic driving on the basis of the updated interested position when an output from the operation unit satisfies a predetermined termination condition during the lock-on mode.