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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Haraguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To improve use convenience to the user who executes imaging work in an imaging environment where plural X-ray generating apparatuses exist, a control apparatus for controlling X-ray irradiations performed by the plural X-ray generating apparatuses has: an obtaining unit for obtaining identification information for uniquely identifying one X-ray generating unit of the plural X-ray generating units, which is specified as a control target which is allowed to emit X-rays; and a control unit for, based on the obtained identification information, controlling so that, for a period of time during which the one X-ray generating unit is specified as the control target, processes regarding the X-ray irradiations by the other X-ray generating units are restricted.