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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1982
Kowji Tanikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kimura, Fujiyoshida, JP;
Takeshi Takamatsu, deceased, late of Hachioji, JP;
by Tokuyuki Takamatsu, legal representative, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscopic photographing apparatus comprises an endoscope, an endoscopic camera and a light supply unit. A CPU is incorporated into at least one of the endoscopic camera and light supply unit to discriminate the kind of the other. The CPU achieves its kind discrimination depending upon whether a response is present or not after a certain time period since the generation of a flag signal. Further, the CPU achieves its kind discrimination depending upon whether it receives the flag signal or not within a certain time period since the start of its operation.