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US 8,554,921 B2Granted
Device for wireless data exchange as well as method for establishment of a wireless connection between in particular a medical sensor unit and a computer
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThilo Hannemann, Markus Schild
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Abstract
An apparatus and method to enable a simple installation of a sensor unit (in one example an intra-oral x-ray sensor) on a network. The sensor unit is preferably a sensor in the medical field, and it is provided that the sensor unit is itself fashioned as an access point and establishes its own network on which a computer automatically logs on in order to enable a data transfer between the sensor unit and the computer. Due to this measure no expertise is necessary for the installation of the sensor unit.
Claims12
An apparatus for wireless data exchange, comprising:
- a wireless intra-oral sensor unit including a medical image sensor operable to obtain intra-oral image data of a patient, said sensor unit including a wireless communication device connected to said medical image sensor;
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- a computer system including a wireless communication device through which the computer system communicates with said wireless communication device of said sensor unit for receipt of the intra-oral image data acquired by said sensor unit;
- said wireless intra-oral sensor unit comprising a module for establishing a wireless network via the wireless communication device of the sensor unit and defining an access point of a wireless network for connection to said medical image sensor, said wireless network being wirelessly sensed by the computer system and to which the computer system connects;
- said sensor unit comprising an IP address module that automatically allocates an IP address to said computer system;
- wherein said computer system includes a plurality of computers each with a wireless communication device, said sensor unit includes a decision module that selects one of said plurality of computers for receiving the image data acquired by the sensor unit.
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