| abstract |
An endoscope apparatus (1) includes an endoscope (2) that has ansolid-state image-pickup device (19) in which charges arenaccumulated in order to pick up an object image. Thenendoscope apparatus (1) further comprises a memory (22) in which anplurality of pieces of information on the accumulationnperiod during which charges are accumulated in the solid-statenimage-pickup device (19) is stored, and a drive unit (30) thatncontrols the accumulation period, during which charges arenaccumulated in the solid-state image-pickup device, on thenbasis of the pieces of information on the accumulationnperiod stored in the memory. |