PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope device including a configuration in which gas can be automatically supplied from a pressurizing part to an observation region through a supply pipe line only when a bright spot that hinders observation and processing is reflected in a subject image acquired by an image acquisition part.SOLUTION: An endoscope device includes an insertion part 4, an illumination part 40, an image acquisition part 20, an image generation part 13, a supply pipe line 50, a pressurizing part 18 for supplying gas to an observation region through the supply pipe line 50, a detection part 14 for detecting a bright spot by the illumination of an image, a comparison part 15 for comparing state parameters of the bright spot acquired from the result of the detection of the bright spot with a preset threshold, and a switching part 16 for switching the pressurizing part 18 from a gas non-supply state to a gas supply state when the state parameters of the bright spot exceed the threshold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】画像取得部が取得した被写体像に観察、処置を妨げる輝点が映り込んだときだけ、自動的に加圧部から供給管路を介して観察部位に送気することができる構成を具備する内視鏡装置を提供する。【解決手段】挿入部4と、照明部40と、画像取得部20と、画像生成部13と、供給管路50と、供給管路50を介して観察部位に気体を供給する加圧部18と、画像の照明による輝点を検出する検出部14と、輝点の検出結果から得た輝点の状態パラメータを、予め設定された閾値と比較する比較部15と、輝点の状態パラメータが閾値を超えたとき、加圧部18を気体非供給状態から気体供給状態へと切り替える切替部16と、を具備する。【選択図】図2
