Abstract: An endoscopic device including: an image sensor configured to acquire image data; and a first processor comprising hardware, wherein the first processor is configured to: execute a first processing to process the image data, wherein the first processing involves a first processing load; acquire an instruction to perform a second processing to process the image data, wherein the second processing involves a second processing load different from the first processing load; and in response to acquiring the instruction, control a communication interface to output the image data to a second processor comprising hardware, wherein the second processor is provided separately from the endoscopic device, and wherein the second processor is configured to execute the second processing based on the image data.

Abstract: An endoscopic device including: an image sensor configured to acquire image data; and a first processor comprising hardware, wherein the first processor is configured to: execute a first processing to process the image data, wherein the first processing involves a first processing load; acquire an instruction to perform a second processing to process the image data, wherein the second processing involves a second processing load different from the first processing load; and in response to acquiring the instruction, control a communication interface to output the image data to a second processor comprising hardware, wherein the second processor is provided separately from the endoscopic device, and wherein the second processor is configured to execute the second processing based on the image data.

Abstract: An endoscope apparatus includes: an endoscope body including an image processing circuit for processing a video signal outputted from an image pickup device provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion; an image pickup device driving circuit provided for the endoscope body and providing a drive signal to the image pickup device via the insertion portion; and a control section having a first display form for displaying an endoscope image based on the video signal and a second display form for displaying an endoscope image with an image quality different from that of the first display form, and controlling the image pickup device driving circuit to change a charge accumulation period of the image pickup device, accompanying an operation of switching to the second display form during display in the first display form.