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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 2001
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope system has a lamp that emits illumination light with which an object is illuminated, and a power supply that supplies power with which the lamp is lit. Furthermore, the endoscope system includes a condition detecting unit and a notifying unit. The condition detecting unit is provided to or near the lamp and detects a predetermined condition relevant to the lamp. The notifying unit notifies an operator of the state of the lamp according to a result of detection performed by the condition detecting unit. The condition detecting unit is a temperature detector or a power detector . The temperature detector detects whether the temperature at or near the lamp is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. The power detector detects whether current or voltage supplied or applied from the power supply to the lamp is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.