CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A capsule endoscope swallowed by a patient to be inspected for shooting an image of a region to be observed inside a body of said patient, said endoscope comprising:
- an illumination section for emitting light to said region to be observed;
an image pickup section for shooting an image of said illuminated region to be observed;
a transmitting section for modulating data based on an image pickup signal obtained by said image pickup section into a radio wave and transmitting said radio wave; and
a setting change section for changing a setting of at least one of said illumination section, said image pickup section and said transmitting section based on an optically detectable setting change command obtained by said image pickup section.
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Abstract
When a program is started upon turning on a power, a capsule endoscope (CE) is activated under a normal shooting mode and starts shooting images with light sources on. Using a remote controller for mode change, a mode change command is emitted to the CE. The image data thus obtained is input to a mode changer. The mode changer analyzes the image data and switches to a setting change mode when the image data is recognized as the mode change command. A two-dimensional code is displayed on a monitor of a command production device. The two-dimensional code is shot with a CCD. The image data thus obtained is input to a setting changer. The setting changer rewrites an argument in a setting value table to an argument designated by the setting change command.
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19 Claims
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1. A capsule endoscope swallowed by a patient to be inspected for shooting an image of a region to be observed inside a body of said patient, said endoscope comprising:
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an illumination section for emitting light to said region to be observed; an image pickup section for shooting an image of said illuminated region to be observed; a transmitting section for modulating data based on an image pickup signal obtained by said image pickup section into a radio wave and transmitting said radio wave; and a setting change section for changing a setting of at least one of said illumination section, said image pickup section and said transmitting section based on an optically detectable setting change command obtained by said image pickup section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A capsule endoscope system comprising:
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(A) a capsule endoscope, including; an illumination section for emitting light to a region to be observed inside a body of a patient; an image pickup section for shooting an image of said illuminated region to be observed; a transmitting section for modulating data based on an image pickup signal obtained by said image pickup section into a radio wave and transmitting said radio wave; and a setting change section for changing a setting of at least one of said illumination section, said image pickup section and said transmitting section based an optically detectable setting change command obtained by said image pickup section; and (B) a command production device for producing said setting change command.
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