System and method for controlling power consumption of an in vivo device
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1. A method for controlling energy consumption of an in vivo imaging device, the method comprising:
- repeatedly calculating a minimal amount of energy needed to operate the in vivo imaging device at a minimum non-zero frame capture rate to complete a passage of the device through at least a predetermined region of the GI tract;
calculating the amount of available energy remaining in the device power supply, based on an amount of energy associated with capturing a frame and the number of frames captured;
when the amount of available energy remaining in the device power supply is greater than the minimal amount of energy, enabling operation of the device at a frame capture rate above the minimum non-zero frame capture rate;
andwhen the available energy remaining in the device power supply is not greater than the minimal amount of energy, operating the device at the minimum non-zero frame capture rate.
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Abstract
A method and device may control energy consumption of in an in vivo imaging device by determining or estimating an amount of energy needed to capture images at a frame rate until a complete passage of the device through a predetermined region of the gastrointestinal tract, and alter or limit the frame capture rate accordingly.
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1. A method for controlling energy consumption of an in vivo imaging device, the method comprising:
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repeatedly calculating a minimal amount of energy needed to operate the in vivo imaging device at a minimum non-zero frame capture rate to complete a passage of the device through at least a predetermined region of the GI tract; calculating the amount of available energy remaining in the device power supply, based on an amount of energy associated with capturing a frame and the number of frames captured; when the amount of available energy remaining in the device power supply is greater than the minimal amount of energy, enabling operation of the device at a frame capture rate above the minimum non-zero frame capture rate; and when the available energy remaining in the device power supply is not greater than the minimal amount of energy, operating the device at the minimum non-zero frame capture rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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