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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
Toshiaki Shigemori, Hachioji, JP;
Toshiaki Shigemori, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, and an in-vivo information acquiring system that enable to acquire image information corresponding to one image, by assuredly synchronizing between a capsule endoscope and the receiving apparatus. According to the present invention, a capsule endoscopethat transmits a radio signal including at least an image signal S to the receiving apparatus includes a signal processorthat outputs the image signal S, a reference signal generatorthat generates a reference signal including a different signal level and outputs a reference signal component D including at least the reference signal, an inserting unitthat inserts the reference signal component D into a predetermined heading period of the image signal S and at least a portion of a blanking period in which a signal component does not exist, and a transmitting unitthat wirelessly transmits the image signal S output from the inserting unitto an outside.