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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Jun Hasegawa, Hino, JP;
Tetsuo Nonami, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/041 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/073 (2013.01); A61B 5/6805 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0456 (2013.01); G02B 23/2461 (2013.01);
Abstract
The position of an antenna incorporated in a capsule-type endoscopethat moves in a body is estimated using a plurality of antennae, and where the distance dij between two positions Pti and P(t−1)j estimated at adjacent times falls within a predetermined value, pieces of information for these positions are related to each other and stored in a memory as connection information. Subsequently, processing for searching for a route from the connection information stored in the memory and calculating a track is performed.