X-ray detector, mobile device and host device

• US 10,433,809 B2
• Filed: 11/23/2016
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jong Seo, Lee, Woong
• Primary Examiner(s): Midkiff, Anastasia
• Application Number:
  US15/359,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20170143293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0487 Special user inputs or interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/42 Arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/46 Arrangements for interfacing with the operator or the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/461 Displaying means of special interest
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/465 adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/467 characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/54 Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/563 involving image data transmission via a network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/566 involving communication between diagnostic systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/0004 Initialisation of the receiver H04L7/0075 and H04L7/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/36 for reassigning the resources associated with the released connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 : Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/085 : Access point devices with remote components

Abstract

A mobile device, a host device, and an X-ray detector are provided. The mobile device includes a first communicator configured to receive identification information of the X-ray detector from the X-ray detector, and a second communicator configured to send the received identification information of the X-ray detector to the host device.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a first communicator configured to receive identification information of an X-ray detector from the X-ray detector;

a second communicator configured to send the received identification information of the X-ray detector to a host device;

a display; and

at least one processor that controls the display to display a screen for receiving an approval by a user of the mobile device of a pairing of the X-ray detector with the host device prior to the pairing being completed,

wherein the at least one processor controls the display to display the screen

before the received identification information of the X-ray detector is sent by the second communicator to the host device or

after the host device receives a pairing response from the X-ray detector in response to a pairing request sent by the host device to the X-ray detector.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the first communicator is further configured to receive detector information of the X-ray detector from the X-ray detector, the detector information having any one or any combination of a remaining battery capacity, a size, a resolution, a pixel size, calibration information, and a read-out rate of the X-ray detector.

3. The mobile device of claim 2, wherein:

the at least one processor controls the display to display the detector information; and

the screen includes an input interface configured to receive an input from the user indicating the approval.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the second communicator comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module and is further configured to transmit a signal having the received identification information of the X-ray detector to the host device in response to the first communicator receiving the identification information of the X-ray detector.

5. A host device comprising:

a first communicator configured to receive identification information of an X-ray detector from a mobile device;

a second communicator configured to, after the first communicator receives the identification information of the X-ray detector from the mobile device, send a pairing request having the received identification information to the X-ray detector, to thereby request pairing of the host device with the X-ray detector;

a display; and

at least one processor that controls the display to display a screen for receiving an approval by a user of the host device of the pairing of the host device with the X-ray detector, prior to the pairing being completed.

6. The host device of claim 5, wherein the screen includes an input interface configured to receive an input from the user indicating the approval.

7. The host device of claim 5, wherein the second communicator is further configured to send a pairing approval request to the mobile device.

8. The host device of claim 5, wherein the second communicator comprises any one or any combination of a Wi-Fi module and a Wi-Fi Direct module, and is further configured to send the pairing request to the X-ray detector in response to the first communicator receiving the identification information of the X-ray detector.

9. The host device of claim 5, wherein the second communicator is further configured to, in response to the host device being paired with the X-ray detector, receive X-ray data and detector information of the X-ray detector from the X-ray detector, the detector information having any one or any combination of a remaining battery capacity, a size, a resolution, a pixel size, a read-out rate, and calibration information of the X-ray detector.

10. The host device of claim 5, wherein the second communicator is further configured to release a pairing with the X-ray detector in response to the first communicator receiving identification information of a new X-ray detector.

11. An X-ray detector comprising:

a detector configured to detect a triggering X-ray signal incident on the detector, to detect an X-ray incident on the detector subsequent to the triggering X-ray signal being incident on the detector, and to convert the detected X-ray into X-ray data;

a communicator configured to send a direct pairing request to a host device to pair the X-ray detector with the host device; and

at least one processor that, in response to the detector detecting the triggering X-ray signal being incident on the detector, controls the communicator to send the direct pairing request to the host device.

12. The X-ray detector of claim 11, wherein the communicator comprises any one or any combination of a Wi-Fi module and a Wi-Fi Direct module.

13. The X-ray detector of claim 11, wherein the communicator is further configured to send a pairing response to the host device in response to the detector receiving a pairing request from the host device.