DISPOSITIF DE CONTRÔLE POUR UN ENDOSCOPE AVEC DES MOYENS POUR DÉTECTER UN MOTIF ET POUR IDENTIFIER SI L'ENDOSCOPE EST DANS UN ÉTAT DE NON-UTILISATION OU DANS UN ÉTAT D'UTILISATION ET UN PROCÉDÉ ASSOCIÉ ET UN PROGRAMME
The application discloses a control device for an endoscope, an endoscope apparatus, a method of identifying the state of an endoscope and a program for identifying the state of an endoscope that can identify whether the endoscope is in a use state or in a non-use state.A control device for an endoscope includes a pattern detection unit (44A) that acquires a captured image signal, which is output from an imaging element included in the endoscope, and detects a predetermined pattern from the captured image signal and a state identification unit (44B) that recognizes that the endoscope is in a non-use state in a case where the pattern is detected and recognizes that the endoscope is in a use state in a case where the pattern is not detected.
