US 2023/0414063 A1Published application

Control apparatus, medical system and method for operating medical system

AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.

InventorRyosuke SAKURAI

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Abstract

A control apparatus includes a processor to control transmission/reception, a transmission/reception unit configured to transmit/receive wireless signals from a plurality of transmitting antennas using a plurality of receiving antennas that can transmit/receive the signals, a first sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire a first communication sensitivity of a first receiving antenna that receives main signals from the first transmitting antenna, and a second sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire second communication sensitivities of a plurality of antenna pairs each made up of any one of the plurality of transmitting antennas and any one of the plurality of receiving antennas for transmitting/receiving sub-signals, in which the plurality of receiving antennas are arranged at predetermined relative angles, and the second sensitivity acquisition unit calculates communication sensitivities of all the plurality of receiving antennas based on some of communication sensitivities of the plurality of receiving antennas.

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Dependent claims

A control apparatus comprising a processor configured to control transmission/reception using a plurality of receiving antennas including a first receiving antenna and a second receiving antenna, the control apparatus comprising:

a transmission/reception unit configured to transmit/receive wireless signals from a plurality of transmitting antennas including a first transmitting antenna and a second transmitting antenna using the plurality of receiving antennas, each of which can transmit/receive the wireless signals;
a first sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire a first communication sensitivity of the first receiving antenna that receives main signals of the wireless signals from the first transmitting antenna;
and
a second sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire second communication sensitivities of a plurality of antenna pairs each made up of any one of the plurality of transmitting antennas and any one of the plurality of receiving antennas for transmitting;
receiving sub-signals of the wireless signals, wherein
the plurality of receiving antennas are arranged at predetermined relative angles,
the second sensitivity acquisition unit calculates communication sensitivities of all the plurality of receiving antennas based on some of communication sensitivities of the plurality of receiving antennas, and
when a highest communication sensitivity between the second transmitting antenna and the second receiving antenna among the second communication sensitivities is higher than the first communication sensitivity, the processor sets an antenna pair made up of the second transmitting antenna and the second receiving antenna as an antenna pair transmitting/receiving the main signals.

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A medical system comprising:

a plurality of transmitting antennas including a first transmitting antenna and a second transmitting antenna, each of which can transmit/receive wireless signals;
a plurality of receiving antennas including a first receiving antenna and a second receiving antenna, each of which can transmit/receive the wireless signals;
a first sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire a first communication sensitivity of an antenna pair made up of the first transmitting antenna and the first receiving antenna for transmitting/receives main signals of the wireless signals;
a second sensitivity acquisition unit configured to acquire second communication sensitivities of a plurality of antenna pairs each made up of any one of the plurality of transmitting antennas and any one of the plurality of receiving antennas for transmitting/receiving sub-signals of the wireless signals;
and
a setting unit configured to set, when a highest communication sensitivity between the second transmitting antenna and the second receiving antenna among the second communication sensitivities is higher than the first communication sensitivity, an antenna pair made up of the second transmitting antenna and the second receiving antenna as an antenna pair transmitting/receiving the main signals.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.