PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope apparatus or the like which prevents an image signal to acquire from becoming dark while suppressing blurring by performing control to shorten an imaging period and to increase the intensity of an illumination light quantity from a light source during magnifying observation.SOLUTION: An endoscope apparatus includes an observation magnification acquisition section 209 that acquires magnification state information that indicates a state of observation magnification, imaging period control sections (207, 227, 237) for performing control to shorten the imaging period of each image of an image signal that is imaged by an endoscope on the basis of the magnification state information, and a light source control section 206 that controls intensity of illumination light applied to the subject correspondingly to the imaging period.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】 拡大観察時に、撮像期間を短くする制御を行うとともに光源の照明光量を増強する制御を行うことで、ブレを抑制しつつ、取得する画像信号が暗くならないような内視鏡装置等を提供すること。【解決手段】 内視鏡装置は、観察倍率の状態を表す情報である倍率状態情報を取得する観察倍率取得部209と、前記倍率状態情報に基づいて、内視鏡装置において撮像される画像信号の各画像の撮像期間を短縮する制御を行う撮像期間制御部(207,227,237)と、前記撮像期間に応じて、被写体に照射される照明光量を制御する光源制御部206と、を含む。【選択図】 図1
