# US 2025/0157710 A1 · Magnetic ball calibration method and magnetic ball calibration apparatus

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- Number: US 2025/0157710 A1
- Document ID: US20250157710A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/833,931
- Filed: 2023-01-16
- Published: 2025-05-15
- Earliest claimed: 2022-01-28
- Assignees: Ankon Medical Technologies (Shanghai) Co., LTD.; Anx IP Holding Pte. Ltd.
- Applicants: Ankon Medical Technologies(Shanghai) Co., LTD
- Inventors: Qingqing WANG; Junjie WANG; Xiaodong DUAN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250157710A1

## CPC

- H01F 7/0294: {Detection, inspection, magnetic treatment}
- A61B 1/00006: {of control signals}
- A61B 1/00057: {provided with means for testing or calibration}
- A61B 1/00158: {using magnetic field}
- A61B 1/041: {Capsule endoscopes for imaging}
- A61B 5/062: {using magnetic field}
- A61B 5/073: {Intestinal transmitters}
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)

## Abstract

A magnetic ball calibration method and a magnetic ball calibration apparatus is disclosed. The method includes: rotating a magnetic ball around a first axis and a second axis, and acquiring detection data of three-axis magnetic field components at a detection position during rotation; obtaining a calibration position of the magnetic ball according to the detection data; and calibrating the magnetic ball according to the calibration position. When the magnetic ball is located at the calibration position, the magnetic polarization direction of the magnetic ball coincides with the second axis; the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis; the three-axis magnetic field components include an X-axis magnetic field component, a Y-axis magnetic field component and a Z-axis magnetic field component; the direction of the Z-axis magnetic field component and the Y-axis magnetic field component coincide with the direction of the second axis and the first axis, respectively.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A magnetic ball calibration method, comprising:
rotating a magnetic ball around a first axis and a second axis, and acquiring detection data of three-axis magnetic field components at a detection position during rotation;
obtaining a calibration position of the magnetic ball according to the detection data; and
calibrating the magnetic ball according to the calibration position of the magnetic ball;
wherein when the magnetic ball is located at the calibration position, the magnetic polarization direction of the magnetic ball coincides with the second axis;
the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis;
the three-axis magnetic field components comprise an X-axis magnetic field component, a Y-axis magnetic field component and a Z-axis magnetic field component;
the direction of the Z-axis magnetic field component coincides with the direction of the second axis, and the direction of the Y-axis magnetic field component coincides with the direction of the first axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The magnetic ball calibration method of claim 1, wherein
rotating the magnetic ball around the first axis by a first angle, and acquiring detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components at a detection position during the rotation;
obtaining a first calibration position V0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the first axis according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the first axis by the first angle;
rotating the magnetic ball to the first calibration position V0, and then rotating the magnetic ball around the first axis by a second angle;
rotating the magnetic ball around the second axis by a third angle, and acquiring detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components at a detection position during the rotation;
obtaining a second calibration position H0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the second axis according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball by the third angle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The magnetic ball calibration method of claim 2, wherein the first angle is greater than 360°, or is 540°;
the second angle is greater than or equal to 10° and smaller than or equal to 80°, or is 45°; and
the third angle is greater than 360°, or is 540°.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The magnetic ball calibration method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the first calibration position V0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the first axis comprises:
determining the position of the magnetic ball corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the Z-axis direction as the first calibration position V0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the first axis by the first angle;
obtaining the second calibration position H0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the second axis comprises:
determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the Y-axis direction as the second calibration position H0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the second axis by the third angle;
or, determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of a magnetic field strength in the X-axis direction as the second calibration position H0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the second axis by the third angle.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The magnetic ball calibration method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the first calibration position V0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the first axis comprises:
obtaining a curve of a magnetic field strength in the Z-axis direction with respect to the rotation angle of the magnetic ball according to the detection data during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the first axis by the first angle, wherein the rotation angle of the magnetic ball corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value on the curve is the first calibration position V0; and
obtaining the second calibration position H0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the second axis comprises:
obtaining a curve of the magnetic field strength in the Y-axis direction with respect to the rotation angle of the magnetic ball according to the detection data during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the second axis by the third angle, and determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the Y-axis direction as the second calibration position H0;
or, determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the X-axis direction as the second calibration position H0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the second axis by the third angle.

### Claim 6

A magnetic ball calibration apparatus, wherein the magnetic ball comprises magnetic poles along a main axis direction, comprising:
a driving unit for driving the magnetic ball to rotate, comprising a first driving unit and a second driving unit, wherein the first driving unit is used to drive the magnetic ball to rotate around a first axis, and the second driving unit is used to drive the magnetic ball to rotate around a second axis, and calibrate the magnetic ball based on the calibration position;
a three-axis magnetic field sensor, disposed adjacent to the magnetic ball to obtain detection data of three-axis magnetic field components during rotation of the magnetic ball; and
a data processing unit, connected to the three-axis magnetic field sensor to receive the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components, and obtain the calibration position of the magnetic ball according to the detection data changing with the rotation angle during rotation of the magnetic ball,
wherein, when the magnetic ball is at the calibration position, the main axis coincides with the second axis;
the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis;
the three-axis magnetic field components comprise an X-axis magnetic field component, a Y-axis magnetic field component and a Z-axis magnetic field component;
the direction of the Z-axis magnetic field component coincides with the direction of the second axis, and the direction of the Y-axis magnetic field component coincides with the direction of the first axis.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The magnetic ball calibration apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first driving unit is used to drive the magnetic ball to rotate around the first axis by a first angle;
the data processing unit comprises a third processing unit, the third processing unit used for obtaining a first calibration position V0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the first axis according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball by the first angle around the first axis;
the first driving unit rotates the magnetic ball to the first calibration position V0, and the first driving unit is also used to rotate the magnetic ball around the first axis by a second angle;
the second driving unit is used to drive the magnetic ball to rotate around the second axis by a third angle;
the data processing unit comprises a fourth processing unit, the fourth processing unit used for obtaining a second calibration position H0 of the magnetic ball rotating around the second axis according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball by the third angle around the second axis.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The magnetic ball calibration apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first angle is greater than 360°, or is 540°;
the second angle is greater than or equal to 10° and smaller than or equal to 80°, or is 45°; and
the third angle is greater than 360°, or is 540°.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The magnetic ball calibration apparatus of claim 7, wherein the third processing unit is also used for:
determining the position of the magnetic ball corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of a magnetic field strength in the Z-axis direction as the first calibration position V0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the first axis by the first angle;
the fourth processing unit is also used for:
determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the Y-axis direction as the second calibration position H0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the second axis by the third angle;
or, determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the X-axis direction as the second calibration position H0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the second axis by the third angle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7, 8)

The magnetic ball calibration apparatus of claim 7 or 8, wherein the third processing unit is also used for:
obtaining a curve of the three-axis magnetic field component in the Z-axis direction with respect to the rotation angle of the magnetic ball according to the detection data during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the first axis by the first angle, wherein the rotation angle of the magnetic ball corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value on the curve is the first calibration position V0;
the fourth processing unit is also used for:
obtaining a curve of the three-axis magnetic field component in the Y-axis direction with respect to the rotation angle of the magnetic ball according to the detection data during the rotation of the magnetic ball around the second axis by the third angle, and determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of a magnetic field strength in the Y-axis direction as the second calibration position H0;
or, determining the rotation angle corresponding to the maximum value or minimum value of the magnetic field strength in the X-axis direction as the second calibration position H0 according to the detection data of the three-axis magnetic field components and the corresponding rotation angle during the rotation of the magnetic ball by the third angle.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The magnetic ball calibration apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first axis or the second axis passes through the three-axis magnetic field sensor; and
the detection position comprises the position where the three-axis magnetic field sensor is located.