In an endoscope device 1 in accordance with the present invention, a
navigation screen 51 is displayed. The navigation screen 51 includes: an
endoscopic live image display area 52 in which a live image produced by a
bronchoscope 2 is displayed; a VBS image display area 53 in which a VBS
image is displayed; and a thumbnail VBS image area 54 in which images
constructed by reducing VBS images that represent all branch points on a
route are displayed as thumbnail VBS images representing branch points.
Consequently, an endoscope can be reliably navigated to reach a target
region using guide images that represent actual branch positions.