The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an external endoscope device, which comprises an endoscope unit a controller being connected to the endoscope unit and having an image-capturing control unit being connected to the endoscope unit and controlling the endoscope unit to capture images and receiving the images captured by the endoscope unit and an USB interface being connected to the image-capturing control unit of the controller. Consequently, the present invention could be connected to an electrical device such as a computer or a notebook computer which has a monitor for use and show the captured image on the monitor of the electrical device.本發明係揭露一種外接式內視鏡裝置,其至少包含有:一內視鏡,並將該內視鏡連接於一操控主機上,該操控主機內設有一影像擷取控制單元,其電性連接至該內視鏡之攝像單元且可驅動控制其進行拍攝並接收所拍攝之資訊,且該操控主機上設有一傳輸介面,其為一通用序列匯流排規格之傳輸線,而藉由上述設計可令攝得之影像直接傳輸至一如電腦、筆記型電腦等電子裝置,以直接利用該電子裝置之顯示畫面作為即時檢視用之顯示螢幕。
