# US 2019/0167223 A1 · Radiation image capturing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0167223 A1 - Document ID: US20190167223A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/272,195 - Filed: 2019-02-11 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-17 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Wataru MATSUSHITA; Kenroku UBUKATA; Hidetake TEZUKA; Tomonori GIDO; Fumikage UCHIDA; Hisashi YONEKAWA; Hirotaka HARA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167223A1 ## CPC - A61B 6/56: {Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings} - A61B 6/566: {involving communication between diagnostic systems} - A61B 6/4233: {using matrix detectors} - A61B 6/4266: {characterised by using a plurality of detector units (A61B6/4014 takes precedence)} - A61B 6/4405: {the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley} - A61B 6/4452: {the source unit and the detector unit being able to move relative to each other} - A61B 6/5241: {combining overlapping images of the same imaging modality, e.g. by stitching} - A61B 6/545: {involving automatic set-up of acquisition parameters} - A61B 6/548: {Remote control of the apparatus or devices} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A radiation image capturing system includes a capturing room and a console. The capturing room includes a bucky apparatus, a radiation irradiating apparatus and a detecting unit. A plurality of portable radiation image capturing apparatuses can be loaded on the bucky apparatus. The radiation irradiating apparatus is able to simultaneously irradiate radiation to the plurality of portable radiation image capturing apparatuses. The console is associated with the capturing room and obtains capturing order information. The console allows the portable radiation image capturing apparatuses to advance to a capturing possible state when the console judges that capturing in the capturing order information is long length capturing. The console allows only one of the portable radiation image capturing apparatuses to advance to the capturing possible state when the console judges that the capturing is not the long length capturing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radiation image capturing system comprising: a bucky apparatus in which a plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses can be loaded in an array; and a controller which performs combining processing using a plurality of sets of image data transferred from the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses loaded on the bucky apparatus to generate long length image data, wherein, the controller is able to generate the long length image data from the plurality of sets of image data even if a size of at least one of the radiation image capturing apparatuses among the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses loaded on the bucky apparatus is different from any of the other radiation image capturing apparatuses. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the radiation image capturing apparatuses among the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses has a length in a width direction different from a length in the width direction of any of the other radiation image capturing apparatuses, the width direction being a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses are arrayed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses can be loaded on the bucky apparatus in a state with one edge of each of the width directions in a matched state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses can be loaded on the bucky apparatus in a state with each center of each of the width directions aligned on a straight line extending in the array direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 2, further comprising a detector which detects a position in the width direction of the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses loaded on the bucky apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 5, further comprising a display which displays the position of the radiation image capturing apparatus detected by the detector. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 5, wherein the controller performs the combining processing of the image data based on the position of the radiation image capturing apparatus detected by the detector. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 3, further comprising a display which displays whether the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses are loaded on the bucky apparatus in a state in which one edge of each of the width directions are matched, a state in which the other edge of each of the width directions are matched, or a state in which each center of each of the width directions are aligned on a straight line extending in the array direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The radiation image capturing system according to claim 1, further comprising a notifying unit which notifies that the size of at least one radiation image capturing apparatus among the plurality of radiation image capturing apparatuses loaded on the bucky apparatus is a size different from any of the other radiation image capturing apparatuses.