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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kai Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Naito, Kanagawa, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tsukuda, Tokyo, JP;
Eriko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A setting unit configured to set a reference orientation for calculating the orientation of a radiation detector and a reference orientation for calculating the orientation of the radiation generator sets the reference orientations of the radiation detector and the radiation generator in response to determining that a mobile radiography unit equipped with the radiation generator stands still, with the radiation detector housed, to determine whether the radiation generator and the radiation detector are arranged according to the imaging procedure.