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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Toshiaki Shigemori, Hachioji, JP;
Manabu Fujita, Hino, JP;
Ayako Nagase, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Matsui, Hino, JP;
Kazutaka Nakatsuchi, Hino, JP;
Toshiaki Shigemori, Hachioji, JP;
Manabu Fujita, Hino, JP;
Ayako Nagase, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Matsui, Hino, JP;
Kazutaka Nakatsuchi, Hino, JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A capsule endoscopeis inserted into a subject and transmits a capsule ID, which is received by an RF receiving unitof a receiving apparatus. A capsule ID detecting circuitdetects the capsule ID. A control unit C recognizes a type of the capsule endoscopebased on the detected capsule ID, and changes over a threshold of received field strength of a receiving antenna. Thus, a content of processing for the capsule endoscopeis changed over, and a selection controller Cselects a receiving antenna for an image receiving period from receiving antennas Ato An.