STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140012095A1
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SAKO, YOICHIRO, ASADA, KOHEI, NAKAMURA, TAKATOSHI, TANGE, AKIRA, SAKODA, KAZUYUKI, ARATANI, KATSUHISA, TAKEHARA, MITSURU, WATANABE, KAZUHIRO, HANAYA, HIROYUKI, KOGA, YUKI, ONUMA, TOMOYA
• Application Number:
  US13/928,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20140012095A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00016 using wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0002 provided with data storages
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/041 Capsule endoscopes for imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0204 Acoustic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6861 Capsules, e.g. for swallowing or implanting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7405 using sound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/023 for introduction into the body, e.g. into the oesophagus oesophageal ECG probes A61B5/285
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/026 comprising more than one sound collector

Abstract

There is provided a storage control apparatus including a detection section which detects a body sound inside a body cavity, and outputs the body sound as an audio signal, and a storage control section which performs control in a manner that the audio signal output from the detection section is stored.

Claims

1. A storage control apparatus comprising:

a detection section which detects a body sound inside a body cavity, and outputs the body sound as an audio signal; and

a storage control section which performs control in a manner that the audio signal output from the detection section is stored.

2. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage section,

wherein the storage control section performs control in a manner that the audio signal is stored in the storage section.

3. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transmission section which transmits the audio signal to an external apparatus,

wherein the storage control section temporarily stores the audio signal for transmission by the transmission section.

4. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case of reaching a vicinity of a specific part inside the body cavity, the storage control section performs control in a manner that the audio signal is recorded.

5. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a filter section which performs processing in a manner that a prescribed frequency band of the audio signal is extracted.

6. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a noise reduction section which performs processing in a manner that noise of the audio signal is reduced.

7. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a D-range control processing section which performs processing in a manner that dynamic range control of the audio signal is performed.

8. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an encoder section which performs processing in a manner that the audio signal is encoded.

9. The storage control apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a setting section which sets prescribed a parameter when performing processing for the audio signal.

10. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of the detection sections.

11. The storage control apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

an array signal processing section which processes the audio signal output from each of the plurality of detection sections.

12. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a stop section for stopping in a vicinity of a specific part inside the body cavity.

13. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an imaging section which images inside the body cavity.

14. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the storage control apparatus is a capsule type medical apparatus introduced into the body cavity.

15. A storage control system comprising:

a transmission apparatus including

a detection section which detects a body sound inside a body cavity, and outputs the body sound as an audio signal, and

a transmission section which transmits the audio signal output from the detection section to an external apparatus after being temporarily stored; and

a reception apparatus including

a reception section which receives the audio signal from the transmission apparatus, and

a storage control section which performs control in a manner that the audio signal received by the reception section is stored.

16. The storage control system according to claim 15,

wherein the reception apparatus further includes

a reproduction section which reproduces the temporarily stored audio signal by control of the storage control section.

17. The storage control system according to claim 15,

wherein, from among one or more of the transmission apparatuses introduced into the body cavity, the reception section receives the audio signal from the transmission apparatuses within a range corresponding to a position of the reception section outside of the body.

18. The storage control system according to claim 15,

wherein the reception apparatus further includes

an array signal processing section which processes the audio signal received from each of one or more of the transmission apparatuses.

19. The storage control system according to claim 15,

wherein the transmission apparatus is a capsule type medical apparatus introduced into the body cavity.

20. A storage medium having a program stored thereon, the program causing a computer to function as:

a detection section which detects a body sound inside a body cavity, and outputs the body sound as audio signals; and

a storage control section which performs control in a manner that the audio signal output from the detection section is stored.