Mobile-type radiographic image pick up device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9743894-B2
Application number	US-201314784528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2013
Priority date	Apr 25, 2013
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

An improved configuration of a mobile-type radiographic image pickup device reliably stops on a flat path without play. More specifically, the prevent invention stops reliably on an inclined path. Where a carriage accelerates regardless of that fact that a deceleration control unit has begun to restrict the movement of the carriage, a brake control unit causes a brake device to operate. According to the present invention, if the carriage accelerates regardless of the fact that a deceleration control unit has begun to restrict the movement of the carriage, the brake device is promptly operated, and prevents concern regardless of the application of an instruction to stop the carriage which is travelling on an incline, and prevents the carriage from running for a long period to time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile radiation device, comprising:
a wheeled platform, further comprising a radiation source operative to radiate a radiation during a use and a detector operative to detect the radiated radiation during said use and to output detected signals;
a grip bar operative for gripping by an external user during the use while said wheeled platform is moving relative to a support surface and to detect a pressure applied by said external user during said use;
a driving module that is operative to drive said wheeled platform;
a pressure sensor that is operative to detect the pressure added to said grip bar during the use;
an assist control module operatively drives said driving module during said use according to an output from said pressure sensor;
a velocity measurement module that operatively measures a move velocity of said wheeled platform;
a stop direction input module operative to determine and input a direction for stopping said wheeled platform from the operator during said use;
a brake module that operatively stops said wheeled platform that is moving during an engagement thereof;
a velocity lowering control module that operatively controls said driving module so as to add a braking force to lower the move velocity of said wheeled platform that is moving on a horizontal pathway prior to turning said brake module operative by inputting a direction from the operator into said stop direction input module, and
a brake control module that is operative to stop said wheeled platform during said use by turning said brake module operative when the move velocity of said wheeled platform decreases until a predetermined velocity by said velocity lowering control module, wherein;
(A) said braking control module operatively turns said brake module operative when the velocity of said wheeled platform increases despite a beginning of a braking said wheeled platform by said velocity lowering control module.

2. A mobile radiation device, comprising:
a wheeled platform, further comprising a radiation source operative to radiate a radiation, a detector detects the radiated radiation and outputs detected signals;
a grip bar operative for gripping by an external user during a use while said wheeled platform is moving relative to a support surface and to detect a pressure applied by said external user during said use;
a driving module that is operative to drive said wheeled platform;
a pressure sensor that is operative to detect the pressure added to said grip bar during the use;
an assist control module operatively drives said driving module during said use according to an output from said pressure sensor;
a velocity measurement module that operatively measures a move velocity of said wheeled platform;
a stop direction input module operative to input a direction for stopping said wheeled platform from the operator;
a brake module operative to stop said wheeled platform that is moving;
a velocity lowering control module that operatively controls said driving means effective to add a braking force to lower the move velocity of said wheeled platform that is moving on a horizontal pathway prior to turning said brake module operative by inputting a direction from the operator into said stop direction input module, and
a brake control means that stops said wheeled platform by turning said brake module operative when the velocity of said wheeled platform decreases until the predetermined velocity by said velocity lowering control means, wherein;
(B1) a memory module operatively stores a time-course of the velocity obtained by an actual measurement of the move velocity in advance when the velocity of said wheeled platform moving on the horizontal pathway is lowered by said velocity lowering control module; and
(B2) said velocity lowering control module operatively strengthens the braking force of said driving module upon determining a short velocity decrease state, and wherein a velocity decrease of said wheeled platform after beginning of braking said wheeled platform is less than a decrease expected from said time-course.

3. A mobile radiation device comprising:
a wheeled platform, further comprising a radiation source operative to radiate a radiation during a use and a detector operative to detect the radiated radiation during said use and to output detected signals;
a grip bar operative for gripping by an external user during the use while said wheeled platform is moving relative to a support surface and to detect a pressure applied by said external user during said use;
a driving module that is operative to drive said wheeled platform;
a pressure sensor that is operative to detect the pressure added to said grip bar during the use;
an assist control module operatively drives said driving module during said use according to an output from said pressure sensor;
a velocity measurement module that operatively measures a move velocity of said wheeled platform;
a stop direction input module operative to determine and input a direction for stopping said wheeled platform from the operator during said use;
a brake module that operatively stops said wheeled platform that is moving during an engagement thereof;
a velocity lowering control module that operatively controls said driving module so as to add a braking force to lower the move velocity of said wheeled platform that is moving on a horizontal pathway prior to turning said brake module operative by inputting a direction from the operator into said stop direction input module, and
a brake control module that is operative to stop said wheeled platform during said use by turning said brake module operative when the move velocity of said wheeled platform decreases until a predetermined velocity by said velocity lowering control module, wherein;
(A) said braking control module operatively turns said brake module operative when the velocity of said wheeled platform increases despite a beginning of a braking said wheeled platform by said velocity lowering control module; and
(B1) a memory module operatively stores a time-course of the velocity obtained by an actual measurement of the move velocity in advance when the velocity of said wheeled platform moving on the horizontal pathway is lowered by said velocity lowering control module; and
(B2) said velocity lowering control module operatively strengthens the braking force of said driving module upon determining a short velocity decrease state, and wherein a velocity decrease of said wheeled platform after beginning of braking said wheeled platform is less than a decrease expected from said time-course.

4. A mobile radiation device, according to claim 2 , wherein:
the velocity lowering control module operatively (i) searches the initial velocity as the velocity of said wheeled platform at a beginning point of an operation of said velocity lowering control module from said time-course, (ii) recognizes a velocity level of the initial velocity relative to said time-course after the predetermined time is past, and (iii) when the actual velocity of said wheeled platform after the predetermined time from the initial point of the operation is higher than the recognized velocity, (iv) it is decided that said wheeled platform is in the short velocity decrease state.

5. A mobile radiation device, according to claim 3 , wherein:
the velocity lowering control module operatively (i) searches the initial velocity as the velocity of said wheeled platform at a beginning point of an operation of said velocity lowering control module from said time-course, (ii) recognizes a velocity level of the initial velocity relative to said time-course after the predetermined time is past, and (iii) when the actual velocity of said wheeled platform after the predetermined time from the initial point of the operati

Assignees

• Shimadzu Corp

Inventors

• Okuno Tomoharu

Classifications

• B62B5/0069

  Control · CPC title

• A61B6/4405 Primary

  the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley · CPC title

• A61B6/4429

  related to the mounting of source units and detector units · CPC title

• A61B6/4476 Primary

  related to motor-assisted motion of the source unit · CPC title

• B62B5/04

  Braking mechanisms; Locking devices against movement · CPC title