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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2020
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Urasaki, Tachikawa, JP;
Koichi Niida, Hachioji, JP;
Masaki Kondo, Hachioji, JP;
Takuya Ogura, Hachioji, JP;
Aki Matsumoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Ryunosuke Matsushige, Hachioji, JP;
Satoru Ono, Akishima, JP;
Takahiro Yumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Wada, Hino, JP;
Sachiko Hashimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Tomomi Ouchi, Hachioji, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system includes an endoscope including at least one switch, each of which can be assigned two functions, and a controller. The controller sets a plurality of function pairs, each of which is composed of a combination of any one of a plurality of first functions and any one of a plurality of second functions, and assigns one function pair selected from the plurality of function pairs to the switch, measures a switch pressing time period after the switch is pressed, and executes the first function when the switch pressing is released before a predetermined first time period elapses after the switch is pressed and executes the second function when the switch pressing time period passes the first time period.