Endoscope system, terminal device, and control method

A terminal device configured to communicate with a processor that performs image processing on endoscope image data acquired by an endoscope that observes an inside of a subject, the terminal device comprising:

• a transceiver configured to transmit identification information identifying the terminal device to the processor and receive, from the processor, authentication information allowing two-way communication;
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• a controller communicating with the transceiver, the controller being configured to:
• determine whether the processor is a connection destination configured to perform two-way communication, based on the received processor identification information,
• authenticate whether a user of the terminal device is a predetermined registered user by analyzing data obtained by the terminal device from the user, and
• allow two-way communication between the processor and the terminal device in response to the processor being determined as the connection designation to perform two-way communication and in response to authenticating the user of the terminal device.

A control method executed by an endoscope system including (i) a processor configured to perform image processing on endoscope image data acquired by an endoscope, which is inserted in a subject and observes an inside of the subject, the processor being configured to connect to a network, and (ii) a terminal device configured to communicate wirelessly with the processor or the network, the control method comprising:

• transmitting identification information identifying the terminal device to the processor;
• receiving, from the processor, authentication information allowing wireless two-way communication;
• determining, based on the authentication information, whether the processor is a connection destination configured to perform wireless two-way communication;
• authenticating whether a user of the terminal device is a predetermined registered user by analyzing data obtained by the terminal device from the user;
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• allowing wireless two-way communication between the processor and the terminal device, or wireless two-way communication between the network and the terminal device in response to the processor being determined as the connection designation to perform two-way communication and in response to authenticating the user of the terminal device.