Wireless capsule endoscope and power supply control method thereof

• US 10,531,788 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2014
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ankon Technologies Co.,Ltd
• Original Assignee: Ankon Technologies Co.,Ltd
• Inventors: Wang, Xinhong, Xiao, Guohua, Duan, Xiaodong, Wang, Junjie
• Primary Examiner(s): Fairchild, Aaron B
• Application Number:
  US14/321,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20150011829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,023 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00036 Means for power saving, e.g. sleeping mode
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/041 Capsule endoscopes for imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/045 Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/07 Endoradiosondes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/076 Permanent implantations telemetry using implanted circuitry A61B5/0031; implanted stimulators for therapy A61N1/3605, A61N1/362, A61N1/372

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless capsule endoscope and a power supply control method thereof. The method includes controlling the power supply of the capsule endoscope wirelessly and automatically adjusting power consumption of the power supply in the capsule endoscope. The wireless capsule endoscope includes a capsule casing, a light generator arranged at outside of the capsule casing, an opto-electronic switching starter arranged in the capsule casing, a power supply, a control module, a posture sensor, an illumination unit, an image processing device and a radio frequency transmission unit. The power supply being driven by the light generator in the present invention can effectively solve the incompatible problem between a traditional magnetic switch and a magnetic control device. Meanwhile, the control module and the posture detector enable the power supply to be in different working status under different states, which can prolong the service life of the power supply of the capsule endoscope.

Claims

1. A wireless capsule endoscope system, comprising

an illumination unit, an image processing unit, a radio frequency transmission unit, a power supply, a control module, an external light generator, and an opto-electronic switching starter;

wherein

the illumination unit is configured to generate visible light to illuminate field view for the image processing unit;

the opto-electronic switching starter is configured to only convert a light signal in range of 780-880 nm to an electrical signal to establish a connection with a field effect transistor, and said optoelectronic switching starter is mounted together with the illumination unit around the image processing unit on a disk shaped illumination circuit board, next to an optically-transparent hemispherical optical dome, the disk shaped illumination circuit board having through holes;

the external light generator, is configured to only generate a light signal from 780 nm to 880 nm

the power supply is disposed between the image processing unit and the radio frequency transmission unit, and the control module is disposed between the power supply and the radio frequency transmission unit;

the control module is a digital signal processing unit configured for information processing, and has a circuit module having chip resistors and chip capacitors for controlling voltage.

2. The wireless capsule endoscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power supply is composed of silver oxide batteries and a power control board.

3. The wireless capsule endoscope as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light generator is consisting of at least one photodiode.

4. The wireless capsule endoscope system of claim 1, further comprising a gravity sensor disposed between the power supply and the radio frequency transmission unit.