Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Position information estimation system
- Patent Title (中): 位置信息估计系统
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Application No.: US13630704Application Date: 2012-09-28
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Publication No.: US08740772B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Masatoshi Homan
- Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2011-037457 20110223
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/04

Abstract:
A position information estimation system includes: a body-insertable apparatus that is inserted into a subject and moves through an inside of the subject; a receiving unit that receives information from the body-insertable apparatus; and an information processor that performs processes on the information acquired from the receiving unit. The receiving unit includes an acquisition antenna that includes a plurality of receiving antennas and acquires information from the body-insertable apparatus. The information processor includes: a calculation unit that calculates difference values between signal levels acquired from the plurality of receiving antennas and corresponding signal levels acquired from the plurality of receiving antennas; a determination unit that compares each of the difference values with a threshold and determining whether to estimate position information; and a position information estimation unit that estimates position information of the body-insertable apparatus when the determination unit has determined that it is necessary to estimate the position information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130123575A1 POSITION INFORMATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2013-05-16
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