Intravital observation system and method of driving intravital observation system
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorFukashi YOSHIZAWA
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Abstract
The intravital observation apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a capsule endoscope including an illumination section and an image pickup section, a power supply section provided with a battery and a control section, and a control signal generation apparatus disposed outside the capsule endoscope, wherein the control signal generation apparatus is provided with a control signal generation section and a control signal transmitting electrode, and the capsule endoscope is provided with a control signal receiving electrode and a control signal detection section.
Claims14
An intravital observation system comprising:
- an intravital observation apparatus comprising an intravital information acquisition section that acquires at least intravital information and a power supply section provided with a battery that supplies drive power to the intravital information acquisition section and a control section that controls supply or interruption of drive power supplied from the battery;
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- a control signal generation apparatus disposed outside the intravital observation apparatus for activating or stopping the intravital observation apparatus,
- wherein the control signal generation apparatus comprises a generation section that generates a control signal for activating or stopping the intravital observation apparatus and a control signal transmitting electrode that transmits the control signal, and
- the intravital observation apparatus comprises a control signal receiving electrode that receives the control signal transmitted from the control signal transmitting electrode and a control signal detection section that detects the control signal inputted via the control signal receiving electrode and controls power supply/interruption operation of the control section.
A method of driving an intravital observation system, wherein a control section, which controls a battery that supplies drive power to an intravital information acquisition section that acquires at least intravital information and supply/interruption of the drive power supplied from the battery, controls starting or stopping of a power supply to the intravital information acquisition section by applying an AC signal constituting an intermittent control signal generated from a control signal generation apparatus disposed outside an intravital observation apparatus for activating or stopping the intravital observation apparatus to the intravital observation apparatus.
A method of driving an intravital observation system, wherein a control section that controls a battery, which supplies drive power to an intravital information acquisition section that acquires at least intravital information and supply/interruption of the drive power supplied from the battery, controls a power supply to the intravital information acquisition section only for a period during which an AC signal constituting a control signal generated from a control signal generation apparatus disposed outside an intravital observation apparatus for activating or stopping the intravital observation apparatus is applied to the intravital observation apparatus.
A method of driving an intravital observation system, wherein a control section, which controls a battery that supplies drive power to an intravital information acquisition section that acquires at least intravital information and supply/interruption of the drive power supplied from the battery, repeatedly controls starting or stopping of a power supply to the intravital information acquisition section every time an AC signal constituting a control signal generated from a control signal generation apparatus disposed outside an intravital observation apparatus for activating or stopping the intravital observation apparatus is applied to the intravital observation apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.