Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion part and an operation part. The operation part is consecutively provided at the insertion part. A bendable portion is provided at a distal end portion of the insertion part so as to be bendable. An operation part-side operation member is provided at a distal end portion of the operation part and has an operation part-side protruding portion. An insertion part-side operation member is provided at a proximal end portion of the insertion part and has an insertion part-side protruding portion and finger rest protruding portions, and the insertion part-side protruding portion and the operation part-side protruding portion indicate a rotational movement position of the insertion part with respect to the operation part.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and a text display method capable of checking an imageable range of a subject without displaying a live view image and also capable of displaying a text corresponding to audio around the subject or an ambient sound on the apparatus main body are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a transparent casing, an imaging unit that is arranged in the casing and acquires a captured image of a subject, a transparent display unit that is arranged in the casing and includes a display screen orthogonal to an imaging direction of the imaging unit, a sound collection unit that includes a microphone and acquires audio or an ambient sound, a text generation unit that generates a text based on the audio or the ambient sound acquired by the sound collection unit, and a display control unit that displays the text generated by the text generation unit on the display unit.

Abstract: There is provided an endoscope from which excellent close contact feeling is obtained and which is easy to grip in a case in which an operator is to grip a grip portion. A grip portion of an endoscope has a cross-sectional shape symmetric with respect to a second center line. The grip portion includes a first curved surface, second curved surfaces, and ridges. The first curved surface is a curved surface that is convex outward from a plane, which includes an intersection point between the second center line and the first curved surface and the ridge, and a plane, which includes an intersection point between the second center line and the first curved surface and the ridge. The second curved surfaces are concave inward from planes parallel to the second center line.