Endoscope and endoscope system

1. An endoscope comprising:

an image sensor comprising:

a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix form and configured to receive light from outside, generate an imaging signal according to an amount of received light, and output the imaging signal through one of a plurality of vertical lines in the plurality of pixels, each two pixels adjacent to one another in a horizontal direction among the plurality of pixels sharing a single vertical line of the plurality of vertical lines; and

a plurality of dummy pixels, each of which is provided for each of the plurality of vertical lines in the plurality of pixels, the plurality of dummy pixels being configured to generate and output a dummy signal to be used for correction processing of the imaging signal; and

a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to:

record a threshold;

input dummy signals having been output a plurality of times from a dummy pixel of the plurality of dummy pixels and to determine whether or not each of output values of the input dummy signals is within a range of the recorded threshold;

calculate, for each of the plurality of vertical lines, a statistic of the output values of the dummy signals determined to be within the range of the recorded threshold;

generate, for each of the plurality of vertical lines, correction data for correcting the imaging signal generated by each two pixels sharing the single vertical line, based on a result of the calculation;

generate a new threshold by adding the output values of the dummy signals that are determined to be within the range of the recorded threshold to the recorded threshold and dividing a sum of the new threshold and the recorded threshold by the number of times of the addition of the output values of the dummy signals;

record the new threshold for updating; and

correct the imaging signal based on the generated correction data.

2. The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein the statistic is one of an average value, a median value, and a mode value of the output values of the dummy signals determined to be within the range of the threshold for each of the plurality of vertical lines.

3. The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein when the processor determines that each of the output values of the dummy signals having been output a plurality of times from the dummy pixel, is not within the range of the threshold, the processor is configured to calculate the statistic by using output values of dummy signals having been output a plurality of times from another dummy pixel adjacent to the dummy pixel, thereby to generate the correction data.

4. The endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein the processer is further configured to record the output values of the dummy signals determined to be within the range of the threshold for each frame in which each of the plurality of pixels generates the imaging signal,

wherein when the processor determines that each of the output values of the dummy signals having been output a plurality of times from the dummy pixel, is not within the range of the threshold, the processor is configured to acquire a recorded output value that is output by the dummy pixel in a previous frame and generate the correction data.

5. An endoscope system comprising:

the endoscope according to claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises a first processor; and

a second processor configured to convert the imaging signal into an image signal,

wherein the first processor is configured to be connected to the second processor.