# US 11,079,500 B2 · Radiation imaging apparatus and control method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,079,500 B2 - Document ID: US11079500B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/936,681 - Filed: 2018-03-27 - Published: 2018-10-04 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-03 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Takashi Yamazaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079500B2 ## CPC - G01T 1/244: {Auxiliary details, e.g. casings, cooling, damping or insulation against damage by, e.g. heat, pressure or the like} - G01T 1/247: {Detector read-out circuitry (for processing gain or off-set correction H04N)} - H04N 23/65: Control of camera operation in relation to power supply - H04N 25/63: applied to dark current - H04N 25/67: applied to fixed-pattern noise, e.g. non-uniformity of response - G01T: MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION (radiation analysis of materials, mass spectrometry G01N23/00; tubes for determining the presence, intensity, density or energy of radiation or particles H01J47/00) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A radiation imaging apparatus that generates an image by receiving radiation transmitted through an object, comprises a sensor array configured to detect radiation, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image signal from a detection signal of the sensor array, a power reception unit configured to receive power supplied from outside, and battery that is charged by using the power received by the power reception unit. The radiation imaging apparatus generates, in response to the satisfaction of a predetermined condition after power reception is started by the power reception unit, an image for correction by obtaining the image signal from the obtaining unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radiation imaging apparatus that generates an image by receiving radiation transmitted through an object, comprising: a sensor array configured to detect radiation; an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image signal from a detection signal of the sensor array; a power reception unit configured to receive power supplied from outside; a battery that is charged using the power received by the power reception unit; and a generating unit configured to generate an image for correction by obtaining the image signal by the obtaining unit in response to detection that the power reception unit has stopped receiving the power. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image for correction is an image for fixed offset correction obtained in advance of moving image capturing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the power reception unit receives power from a power supply unit of a holder to hold the radiation imaging apparatus, and the generating unit generates the image for correction by obtaining the image signal by the obtaining unit when the radiation imaging apparatus is held in the holder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a driving unit configured to execute a constant temperature drive that makes the internal temperature of the radiation imaging apparatus constant by repetitively driving a predetermined circuit in response to receiving power in the power reception unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a driving unit configured to execute a constant temperature drive that makes the internal temperature of the radiation imaging apparatus constant by repetitively driving a predetermined circuit in response to receiving power in the power reception unit, wherein the generating unit starts generating the image for correction by obtaining the image signal by the obtaining unit at a predetermined time interval in response to a time required for making the constant temperature by the driving unit becoming the same or longer compared to a time required to complete charging of the battery. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the charging of the battery is stopped while the obtaining unit is obtaining the detection signal of the sensor array to obtain the image for correction by the generating unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the power reception unit receives a first power supply for charging the battery and a second power supply which is supplied to the sensor array and the obtaining unit, and the charging of the battery using the first power is continued while the obtaining unit obtains the detection signal of the sensor array to obtain the image for correction by the generating unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the generating unit obtains a plurality of dark images based on the image signals that are read out from the sensor array in a state in which radiation irradiation is riot performed and generates the image for correction by averaging the plurality of dark images. ### Claim 9 A radiation imaging apparatus that generates an image by receiving radiation transmitted through an object, comprising: a sensor array configured to detect radiation; an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image signal from a detection signal of the sensor array; a power reception unit configured to receive power supplied from outside; a battery that is charged using the power received by the power reception unit; and a generating unit configured to generate an image for correction when a charge amount of the battery has reached a charge amount in which radiation moving image capturing can be executed, and configured not to generate the image for correction when the charge amount of the battery has not reached the charge amount in which radiation moving image capturing can be executed. ### Claim 10 A radiation imaging apparatus that generates an image by receiving radiation transmitted through an object, comprising: a sensor array configured to detect radiation; an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image signal from a detection signal of the sensor array; a power reception configured to receive power supplied from outside; a battery that is charged using the power received by the power reception unit; and a generating unit configured to start generation of an image for correction by obtaining the image signal by the obtaining unit at a predetermined time interval in response to a charge amount of the battery reaching a charge amount in which radiation moving image capturing can be executed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a driving unit configured to execute a constant temperature drive that makes the internal temperature of the radiation imaging apparatus constant by repetitively driving a predetermined circuit in response to receiving power in the power reception unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a changing unit configured to change the predetermined time interval based on a temperature of the apparatus or estimation of the temperature. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the changing unit changes the predetermined time interval based on the time from the start of the constant temperature drive. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the changing unit sets the predetermined time interval to be longer after the internal temperature of the radiation imaging apparatus has been constant than before the internal temperature of the radiation imaging apparatus has been constant. ### Claim 15 A radiation imaging apparatus that generates an image by receiving radiation transmitted through an object, comprising: a sensor array configured to detect radiation; an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image signal from a detection signal of the sensor array; a power reception unit configured to receive power supplied from outside; a battery that is charged using the power received by the power reception unit; a generating unit configured to generate an image for correction by obtaining the image signal from the obtaining unit in response to the satisfaction of a predetermined condition after power reception is started by the power reception unit; and a setting unit configured to set whether to perform moving image capturing or still image capturing, wherein the generating unit executes the generation of the image for correction when the moving image capturing is set and does not execute the generation of the image for correction when the still image capturing is set. ### Claim 16 A control method of a radiation imaging apparatus that generates an image by receiving radiation transmitted through an object, the method comprising: obtaining an image signal from a detection signal of a sensor array configured to detect radiation; receiving power supplied from outside; charging a battery using the received power; and generating an image for correction by obtaining the image signal in response to detection that reception of the power has stopped. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method of a radiation imaging apparatus that generates an image by receiving the radiation transmitted through an object, the method comprising: obtaining an image signal from a detection signal of a sensor array configured to detect radiation; receiving power supplied from outside; charging a battery using the received power; and generating an image for correction by obtaining the image signal in response to detection that reception of the power has stopped.