# US 10,863,963 B2 · Radiation imaging apparatus, transfer control method, and storage medium

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- Number: US 10,863,963 B2
- Document ID: US10863963B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/245,531
- Filed: 2019-01-11
- Published: 2019-07-25
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2018-01-19
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Tatsuya Suzuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10863963B2

## CPC

- A61B 6/563: {involving image data transmission via a network}
- A61B 6/465: {adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus}
- A61B 6/487: {involving fluoroscopy}
- A61B 6/548: {Remote control of the apparatus or devices}
- G06T 7/0012: {Biomedical image inspection}
- G06T 2207/10121: Fluoroscopy
- G06T 2207/30004: Biomedical image processing
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A radiation imaging apparatus that transfers captured images to an external apparatus without lowering operability includes an acquisition unit that acquires a radiation image, and a transfer control unit that transfers the radiation image to a first external apparatus in the case where an elapsed time from a point in time when the radiation image is acquired exceeds a first time.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A radiation imaging apparatus comprising:
a data storage unit;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a radiation image; and
a transfer control unit configured to transfer the radiation image to a first external apparatus in a case where an elapsed time from a point in time when the radiation image is acquired exceeds a first time that is stored in the data storage unit in advance,
wherein the transfer control unit is configured to, in a case where an operation on the radiation image is accepted at a point in time before the elapsed time from the point in time when the radiation image is obtained exceeds the first time, transfer the radiation image to the first external apparatus at a point in time when elapsed time from a point in time when the operation is accepted exceeds a second time that is stored in the data storage unit in advance.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer control unit is configured to perform control not to transfer the radiation image until the elapsed time from the point in time when the operation is accepted exceeds the second time.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer control unit is configured to, in a case where designation of rejection of the radiation image is accepted, perform control not to transfer the radiation image of which the designation of rejection is accepted.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transfer control unit is configured to, in a case where designation of rejection of the radiation image is accepted, perform control to transfer the radiation image of which the designation of rejection is accepted to a second external apparatus different from the first external apparatus.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The radiation imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether the radiation image is a rejected image,
wherein the transfer control unit is configured to, in a case where the radiation image is determined as a rejected image, perform control not to transfer the radiation image determined as a rejected image.

### Claim 6

A transfer control method performed by a radiation imaging apparatus, the transfer control method comprising:
acquiring a radiation image;
transferring the radiation image to a first external apparatus in a case where an elapsed time from a point in time when the radiation image is acquired exceeds a first time that is stored in a data storage unit in advance; and
transferring, in a case where an operation on the radiation image is accepted at a point in time before the elapsed time from the point in time when the radiation image is obtained exceeds the first time, the radiation image to the first external apparatus at a point in time when elapsed time from a point in time when the operation is accepted exceeds a second time that is stored in the data storage unit in advance.

### Claim 7

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a transfer control method, the transfer control method comprising:
acquiring a radiation image;
transferring the radiation image to a first external apparatus in a case where an elapsed time from a point in time when the radiation image is acquired exceeds a first time that is stored in a data storage unit in advance; and
transferring, in a case where an operation on the radiation image is accepted at a point in time before the elapsed time from the point in time when the radiation image is obtained exceeds the first time, the radiation image to the first external apparatus at a point in time when elapsed time from a point in time when the operation is accepted exceeds a second time that is stored in the data storage unit in advance.