Receiving apparatus and capsule endoscope system

A capsule endoscope system comprising:

• a capsule endoscope for being inserted into a subject and capturing an in-vivo image of the subject;
• a receiving apparatus for receiving information transmitted wirelessly from the capsule endoscope, the receiving apparatus including
• an operation input unit that accepts input of information in the receiving apparatus,
• a display unit that displays information related to an examination using the capsule endoscope,
• a memory that records examination flow information containing contents of a series of processes in the examination and operation modes of the receiving apparatus associated with the series of processes, respectively, and
• a control unit that controls operations of the receiving apparatus;
• and
• a control apparatus for transmitting and receiving information in wired or wireless communication to and from the receiving apparatus, wherein
• the control unit includes
• an examination flow management unit that controls a flow of the series of processes in the examination based on the examination flow information recorded in the memory, and
• an operation mode setting unit that extracts from the examination flow information an operation mode associated with a process in a current examination flow controlled by the examination flow management unit and switches the operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a first operation mode and a second operation mode being different from the first operation mode in accordance with the extracted operation mode, and
• controls an operation of the receiving apparatus in accordance with progress of the examination flow for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit.

A capsule endoscope system comprising:

• a capsule endoscope for being inserted into a subject and capturing an in-vivo image of the subject;
• a receiving apparatus for receiving information transmitted wirelessly from the capsule endoscope;
• and
• a control apparatus for transmitting and receiving information in wired or wireless communication to and from the receiving apparatus, wherein
• the receiving apparatus includes
• an operation input unit that accepts input of information in the receiving apparatus,
• a display unit that displays information related to an examination using the capsule endoscope, and
• a first control unit that controls operations of the receiving apparatus,
• the control apparatus includes
• a memory that records examination flow information containing contents of a series of processes in the examination and operation modes of the receiving apparatus associated with the series of processes, respectively,
• an examination flow management unit that controls a flow of the series of processes in the examination based on the examination flow information,
• a second control unit that extracts from the examination flow information an operation mode associated with a process in a current examination flow controlled by the examination flow management unit and transmits the extracted operation mode to the receiving apparatus,
• the first control unit has
• an operation mode setting unit that switches the operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a first operation mode and a second operation mode being different from the first operation mode based on the operation mode transmitted from the control apparatus, and
• controls the operations of the receiving apparatus in accordance with the control information for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit.