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| 20090093690 | LIVING BODY INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, LIVING BODY OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIVING BODY OBSERVATION SYSTEM - A living body information acquiring apparatus according to the present invention includes: a living body information acquiring section for acquiring living body information in a living body; a wireless transmission section for wirelessly transmitting the living body information to outside of the living body; a power section for supplying driving power of the living body information acquiring section and the wireless transmission section; a magnetic field detecting section for detecting a magnetic field from outside and outputting a detection result as an electric signal; and a power supply control section for controlling a supply state of the driving power supplied from the power section to the living body information acquiring section and the wireless transmission section based on the electric signal. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090264702 | LIVING BODY OBSERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIVING BODY OBSERVATION SYSTEM - A living body observation system of the invention includes a living body information acquiring apparatus including: a living body information acquiring section; a wireless transmission section; a power source section for supplying driving power for driving the living body information acquiring section and the wireless transmission section; a magnetic field detecting section for outputting a detection result of a magnetic field from outside as an electric signal; and a power supply control section for controlling a supplying state of the driving power supplied from the power source section to the living body information acquiring section and the wireless transmission section based on the electric signal; and a magnetic field generating section which is disposed outside the living body information acquiring apparatus and includes a resonant circuit for generating a magnetic field by resonance and a driving circuit for supplying driving voltage for driving the resonant circuit. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100145149 | LIVING BODY OBSERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIVING BODY OBSERVATION SYSTEM - A living body observation system of the present invention includes an in vivo observation apparatus including: an in vivo information acquisition section; a power supply section; a magnetic field detection section for detecting a magnetic field from outside; and a power supply control section for controlling a supply state of driving power supplied to the in vivo information acquisition section, based on an electric signal, and a magnetic field generation section which generates the magnetic field, the magnetic field generation section including: a transmission antenna which includes a transmission coil which generates an alternating magnetic field for controlling activation and deactivation of the in vivo observation apparatus and a ferromagnetic material which is arranged in an outer periphery of the transmission coil and decreases a leakage of the alternating magnetic field in surroundings, and transmits the alternating magnetic field; a driver for driving the transmission antenna; and a power supply for supplying power to the driver. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100249508 | IN-VIVO INFORMATION ACQUIRING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IN-VIVO INFORMATION ACQUIRING SYSTEM - A capsule endoscope system provided with a magnetic field generating apparatus including an input section for inputting identification information A and a magnetic field generating section that generates a magnetic field signal that controls a capsule endoscope, and the capsule endoscope including an in-vivo information acquiring section, a battery, a magnetic field receiving section, a storage section that stores identification information B, a control section and a comparing section that compares the identification information A with the identification information B and judges whether both pieces of information are the same or different, wherein when the judgment by the comparing section is a judgment that both pieces of information are the same, the control section supplies or shuts off power from the battery to the in-vivo information acquiring section. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100249509 | INTRAVITAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING INTRAVITAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM - The intravital observation apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a capsule endoscope including an illumination section and an image pickup section, a power supply section provided with a battery and a control section, and a control signal generation apparatus disposed outside the capsule endoscope, wherein the control signal generation apparatus is provided with a control signal generation section and a control signal transmitting electrode, and the capsule endoscope is provided with a control signal receiving electrode and a control signal detection section. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100261963 | IN-VIVO INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - An in-vivo observation system includes a capsule endoscope and a magnetic field generating apparatus. The capsule endoscope includes an in-vivo observation section, a radio sending section, a battery, a magnetic field detection section for detecting a magnetic field signal, and a power supply control section for controlling state of power supply from the battery to the in-vivo observation section and the radio sending section by toggle operation based on a detection result by the magnetic field detection section. The magnetic field generating apparatus includes a magnetic field generating section, an operation switch for giving a command to start generating the magnetic field signal, a state determination section for determining the state of power supply, and a magnetic field generation control section for controling generation of the magnetic field signal based on the command from the operation switch and a determination result by the state determination section. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110001810 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup module which is provided with a plurality of functional elements for obtaining image information of an object to be photographed, and a signal separation circuit which separates a drive signal from a combined signal in which, at least two of a plurality of drive signals for the plurality of functional elements respectively, are superimposed, an image pickup module control section which is provided with a signal combining section which superimposes at least two of the plurality of drive signals, and a signal transmitting section which is interposed between the image pickup module and the image pickup module control section, and which transmits the combined signal in which, at least two of the plurality of drive signals are superimposed. | 01-06-2011 |
