PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope apparatus which satisfies needs for a wide variety of observations without doing frequent switching operations or cumbersome operations.SOLUTION: The endoscope apparatus includes: an imaging unit (110) for imaging a body to be observed and generating color imaging signal a normal image generation unit (102B) for applying normal image processing to the imaging signal and generating a normal image a spectral image generation unit (102A) for applying a matrix operation to the imaging signal obtained by the imaging unit and generating a spectral image an observation monitor (42) for displaying a main screen region (162) and a sub screen region (164) having a size smaller than the main screen region and an operation unit (130) for generating the switching signals of the display contents of the main screen region and the sub screen region. Screen display is controlled in such a way that: the normal image is displayed in either one of the main screen region and the sub screen region the spectral image is displayed in the other region simultaneously and the region to display the normal image and the region to display the spectral image are selectively switched on the basis of the switching signals.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】頻繁な切り換え操作や煩雑な操作をすることなく、多種多様な観察のニーズを満足させる内視鏡装置を提供する。【解決手段】被観察体を撮像してカラー撮像信号を生成する撮像部(110)と、撮像信号に通常の画像処理を施して、通常画像を生成する通常画像生成部(102B)と、撮像部によって得られた撮像信号に、マトリクス演算を施して分光画像を生成する分光画像生成部(102A)と、主画面領域(162)及び主画面領域未満のサイズを有する副画面領域(164)が表示される観察モニタ(42)と、主画面領域及び副画面領域の表示内容の切換信号を生成する操作部(130)とを備え、主画面領域又は副画面領域のいずれか一方の領域に通常画像を表示させ、同時に他方の領域に分光画像を表示させ、切換信号に基づき通常画像を表示させる領域と分光画像を表示させる領域とを選択的に切り換えるように画面表示が制御される。【選択図】図5
