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Capsule endoscope apparatus

  • US 20060252987A1
  • Filed: 07/12/2006
  • Published: 11/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A capsule endoscope apparatus comprising an image capturing unit for capturing an image in a body to transmit the image by radio and a receiving unit for receiving the image transmitted by radio from the image capturing unit to record the image, the apparatus further comprising:

  • an estimating unit for receiving a signal transmitted by radio from the image capturing unit through each of a plurality of antennas arranged at different positions outside the body to estimate at least one of the position and orientation of the image capturing unit on the basis of the signals received through the antennas; and

    a control unit for controlling image capture by the image capturing unit using information regarding at least one of the position and orientation estimated by the estimating unit.

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