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This endoscope system comprises a plurality of types kind of endoscope apparatuses, a signal processing apparatus used in common with the plurality of types of endoscope apparatuses and which processes the output signal of the imaging apparatus of each endoscope apparatus to be a video signal and an

This endoscope system comprises a plurality of types kind of endoscope apparatuses, a signal processing apparatus used in common with the plurality of types of endoscope apparatuses and which processes the output signal of the imaging apparatus of each endoscope apparatus to be a video signal and an apparatus for unifying the picture image in the signal output from the plurality of kinds of endoscope apparatus to be a right image or a mirror image and inputs the unified signal into the signal processing apparatus. The plurality of types of endoscope apparatuses have each an elongate insertable part, an image forming optical system provided in the tip part of the insertable part and an imaging apparatus imaging the object image formed by the image forming optical system. At least one endoscope is different from the other endoscopes in whether the image formed by the image forming optical system is a right image or a mirror image. A method of unifying the picture image in the signal output from the signal processing apparatus to be a right image or a mirror image includes unifying the picture image in the signal output from the endoscope apparatus into a right image or a mirror image before it is input into the signal processing apparatus.

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An endoscope system in which the displayed image is unified comprising: a plurality of types of endoscope apparatuses, each having an elongate insertable part, an image forming optical system provided in a tip part of said insertable part and an imaging means imaging an object image formed by said i

An endoscope system in which the displayed image is unified comprising: a plurality of types of endoscope apparatuses, each having an elongate insertable part, an image forming optical system provided in a tip part of said insertable part and an imaging means imaging an object image formed by said image forming optical system, at least one type of said plurality of types of endoscope apparatuses being different from the other types in respect to whether the object image formed by said image forming system is a right image or a mirror image; a signal processing apparatus, used in common with said plurality of types of endoscope apparatuses, said signal processing apparatus using a same process in response to the type of the endoscope apparatus with respect to an inversion between the right image and the mirror image and said signal processing apparatus processing an output signal of said imaging means of each endoscope apparatus to be a video signal; and a first unifying means for unifying the picture image in the signal output from said plurality of endoscopes to be the right image or the mirror image and for inputting the unified picture image into said signal processing apparatus, said first unifying means formed as counterparts to each of said endoscope apparatuses to unify the picture image in the signal output by the endoscope apparatuses and the first unifying means.