Radiographic image capturing apparatus, radiographic image capturing system, control method of radiographic image capturing apparatus, and control program of radiographic image capturing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9980696-B2
Application number	US-201615016348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2016
Priority date	Feb 10, 2015
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed is a technique capable of enhancing usability of a radiographic image capturing apparatus, system, control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium recorded with a control program, for a user. A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: an I/F unit and an imaging control unit that function as a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a portable information terminal and a console which are plural control apparatuses that have different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively perform a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and an imaging control unit that functions as a selection unit that selects any one of plural imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radiographic image capturing apparatus comprising:
a communication unit that selectively performs communication with any one of a plurality of control apparatuses that has different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image and respectively performs a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image; and
a selection unit that selects any one of a plurality of imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image according to the image processing capacity of the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit in a case of capturing the radiographic image.

2. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of imaging modes includes a plurality of imaging modes that varies according to the image processing capacities, and
the selection unit exclusively selects any one of the plurality of imaging modes for each of the control apparatuses, according to the image processing capacities of the plurality of control apparatuses.

3. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of control apparatuses include a control apparatus having an image processing capacity, among the plurality of control apparatuses, lower than those of the other control apparatuses,
the plurality of imaging modes includes a memory mode which is an imaging mode in which image data of a plurality of radiographic images obtained by imaging is stored in a storage unit integrated with the radiographic image capturing apparatus, and
the selection unit selects the memory mode in a case where the communication unit performs communication with the control apparatus having an image processing capacity, among the plurality of control apparatuses, lower than those of the other control apparatuses.

4. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the storage unit is detachably and attachably mounted to the radiographic image capturing apparatus.

5. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the image data of the plurality of radiographic images is image data of radiographic images obtained based on a plurality of order information, and image data of the plurality of radiographic images obtained based on one piece of order information is associated with each other and stored in the storage unit.

6. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a control apparatus having an image processing capacity, among the plurality of control apparatuses, higher than those of the other control apparatuses has a predetermined image processing function of generating a radiographic image for image reading, and a control apparatus having an image processing capacity lower than those of the other control apparatuses does not have the predetermined image processing function.

7. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a control apparatus having an image processing capacity, among the plurality of control apparatuses, higher than those of the other control apparatuses has a display unit capable of displaying a radiographic image for image reading, and a control apparatus having an image processing capacity lower than those of the other control apparatuses has a display unit incapable of displaying the radiographic image for image reading.

8. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the plurality of control apparatuses includes a display unit having a display capacity according to the image processing capacity, and
the selection unit selects any one of the plurality of predetermined imaging modes according to the display capacity of the display unit.

9. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 8 ,
wherein the display capacity includes the size of a display region of the display unit,
the plurality of imaging modes includes a memory mode which is an imaging mode in which image data of a plurality of radiographic images obtained by imaging is stored in a storage unit integrated with the radiographic image capturing apparatus, and
the selection unit selects the memory mode in a case where the communication unit performs communication with the control apparatus having the display unit in which the size of the display region is equal to or smaller than a predetermined size.

10. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the selection unit further selects any one of the plurality of imaging modes predetermined with respect to the capturing of the radiographic image, according to a communication capacity through which the communication unit performs communication with the control apparatus.

11. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of imaging modes includes a video mode which is an imaging mode in which a video image is captured,
the radiographic image capturing apparatus further comprising:
a permission unit that permits, in a case where the selection unit selects the video mode, a wearable device to execute at least a part of the control relating to the capturing of the radiographic image, performed by the control apparatus that performs communication with the communication unit.

12. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of control apparatuses include a control apparatus having an image processing capacity, among the plurality of control apparatuses, higher than those of the other control apparatuses,
the plurality of imaging modes includes a normal mode which is an imaging mode in which image data of a plurality of radiographic images obtained by imaging is sequentially transmitted, and
the selection unit selects the normal mode in a case where the communication unit performs communication with the control apparatus having an image processing capacity, among the plurality of control apparatuses, higher than those of the other control apparatuses.

13. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of imaging modes includes a normal mode in which image data of a plurality of radiographic images obtained by imaging is sequentially transmitted, and a memory mode in which the image data of the plurality of radiographic images is stored in a storage unit integrated with the radiographic image capturing apparatus, and
the selection unit selects the memory mode in a case where the communication unit performs communication with a control apparatus having an image processing capacity, among the plurality of control apparatuses, lower than those of the other control apparatuses.

14. The radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reception unit that receives a setting of the imaging mode,
wherein the selection unit selects any one of the plurality of predetermined imaging modes based on the setting received by the reception unit.

15. A radiographic image capturing system comprising:
the radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a plurality of control apparatuses that has different image processing capacities with respect to a radiographic image obtained by imaging in the radiographic image capturing apparatus and respectively performs a control relating to capturing of the radiographic image.

16. A control method of the radiographic image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:
selectively performing communication with any o

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Oda Yasufumi
• Enomoto Jun
• Imamura Ryou
• Tajima Takashi
• Noma Kentaro
• Kuwabara Takeshi
• Tsuji Tetsuya
• Yasuda Hiroaki
• Nakatsugawa Haruyasu
• Koishi Takeshi

Classifications

• G16H50/20

  for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems · CPC title

• A61B6/467

  characterised by special input means · CPC title

• A61B6/542

  involving control of exposure · CPC title

• A61B6/5211

  involving processing of medical diagnostic data · CPC title

• A61B6/465

  adapted to display user selection data, e.g. graphical user interface, icons or menus · CPC title