System and methods for determination of procedure termination
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1. A method of determining termination of an in vivo capturing procedure by an autonomous device comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a condition with respect to said device has been met;
if said condition has been met, setting the device to a beacon mode;
receiving a signal from the device;
determining if said signal is a beacon signal, an imaging signal or neither;
if the signal is a beacon signal, determining that the in vivo image capturing procedure is terminated;
determining, based on analysis of images captured by the autonomous device, whether the autonomous device is in vivo; and
providing a notification of whether or not the autonomous device is in vivo.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a system and methods for determining the initiation and/or the termination of an autonomous in vivo imaging procedure, such as by a capsule imaging the gastro intestinal tract.
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1. A method of determining termination of an in vivo capturing procedure by an autonomous device comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a condition with respect to said device has been met; if said condition has been met, setting the device to a beacon mode; receiving a signal from the device; determining if said signal is a beacon signal, an imaging signal or neither; if the signal is a beacon signal, determining that the in vivo image capturing procedure is terminated;
determining, based on analysis of images captured by the autonomous device, whether the autonomous device is in vivo; andproviding a notification of whether or not the autonomous device is in vivo. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for determining termination of an in vivo image capturing procedure comprising:
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an autonomous imaging device for imaging a body lumen, the device comprising a sensor for sensing a condition in vivo and a transceiver to transmit signals wirelessly, the transceiver being operable at least in an image capturing mode or in a beacon mode; a control unit to switch between the image capturing mode and the beacon mode based on the condition sensed; a receiving unit to detect a signal transmitted from the imaging device and to determine if the detected signal is an image signal, a beacon signal or neither; a processing unit to determine whether an image capturing procedure has terminated, based on analysis of the detected signal, the processing unit further to determine if the autonomous imaging device is in vivo by analyzing images received from the autonomous imaging device and to provide a notification of whether or not the autonomous imaging device is in vivo. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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