# US 2021/0241882 A1 · Radiographic image processing device, radiography system, radiographic image processing method and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241882 A1 - Document ID: US20210241882A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/124,604 - Filed: 2020-12-17 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-30 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Ryo WATANABE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241882A1 ## CPC - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - A61B 6/563: {involving image data transmission via a network} - G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes} - G16H 30/40: for processing medical images, e.g. editing - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - A61B 6/461: {Displaying means of special interest} - A61B 6/54: {Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis} - G06F 2221/2143: Clearing memory, e.g. to prevent the data from being stolen - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A radiographic image processing device includes a communicator, a storage and a controller. The communicator communicates with an external device. The storage stores radiography data. The controller controls transmission of the radiography data and a request for confirming completion of save of the radiography data to the external device by the communicator. The controller sets a deletion time to delete personal information included in the transmitted radiography data after confirming completion of save of the radiography data. The controller deletes the personal information in the storage at the set deletion time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radiographic image processing device, comprising: a communicator that communicates with an external device; a storage that stores radiography data; and a controller, wherein the controller controls transmission of the radiography data and a request for confirming completion of save of the radiography data to the external device by the communicator, the controller sets a deletion time to delete personal information included in the transmitted radiography data after confirming completion of save of the radiography data, and the controller deletes the personal information in the storage at the set deletion time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising: an operation interface, wherein the controller sets the deletion time based on input operation received by the operation interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 2, wherein a period from a time when completion of save is confirmed to the deletion time is longer than a predetermined shortest time limit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the controller deletes the personal information at a time when a predetermined condition is met after the deletion time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 4, further comprising: a display that displays contents of the radiography data, wherein the controller determines, as the predetermined condition, whether change or selection of display or processing of the contents of the radiography data related to the personal information to be deleted is possible, and in a case in which neither the change nor the selection is possible, the controller deletes the personal information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 5, wherein the case in which neither the change nor the selection is possible includes a period in which the controller switches display contents on the display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller selects a piece of the radiography data for which notification of confirming completion of save is not obtained from the external device among pieces of the radiography data stored in the storage, the controller resend the request for confirming completion of save for the selected piece of the radiography data to the external device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 7, wherein the controller sends the request for confirming completion of save again to the external device in a case in which the controller obtains a command to resend the request from an outside via the communicator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller deletes the personal information in a case in which the controller fails to obtain the notification of confirming completion of save from the external device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller performs a setting for restriction of disclosure of the personal information included in the radiography data kept in the storage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 10, wherein the setting includes encryption of the personal information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller deletes the radiography data including the personal information in a case in which the radiography data kept in the storage is not designated as data not to be deleted. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the communicator wirelessly communicates with the external device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The radiographic image processing device according to claim 13, wherein the controller monitors condition of wireless communication with the external device, and the controller controls a time to transmit the radiography data and the request for confirming completion of save to the external device based on result of monitoring. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A radiography system, comprising: the radiographic image processing device according to claim 1; and a radiography device that takes radiographic images. ### Claim 16 A radiographic image processing method for a radiographic image processing device, the device comprising: a communicator that communicates with an external device; and a storage that stores radiography data, and the method comprising: controlling transmission of the radiography data and a request for confirming completion of save of the radiography data to the external device by the communicator, setting a deletion time to delete personal information included in the transmitted radiography data after confirming completion of save of the radiography data, and deleting the personal information in the storage at the set deletion time. ### Claim 17 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that makes a computer of a radiographic image processing device perform processing, the device comprising: a communicator that communicates with an external device; and a storage that stores radiography data, and the processing comprising: controlling transmission of the radiography data and a request for confirming completion of save of the radiography data to the external device by the communicator, setting a deletion time to delete personal information included in the transmitted radiography data after confirming completion of save of the radiography data, and deleting the personal information in the storage at the set deletion time.