Patent ID: 9204855
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A portable radiation imaging apparatus used in combination with a portable radiation generating apparatus, the portable radiation imaging apparatus capable of accessing an imaging order managing device through an access point, being a wireless relay station, and obtaining an imaging order, the imaging order being information of a request for radiation imaging, the imaging order managing device managing the imaging order, the portable radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a wireless communication section for receiving radio waves from the access point and establishing connection to the access point; a trigger signal obtaining section for obtaining a trigger signal at least one time from a trigger signal source for transmitting the trigger signal, in a state where the portable radiation imaging apparatus stands still; a connection determining section for obtaining the trigger signal and then determining one of the access points as an appropriate access point based on field intensity in a case where the wireless communication section receives the radio waves from the access points; a switching section for commanding the wireless communication section to switch the connection to the appropriate access point in a case where the wireless communication section is not connected to the appropriate access point, and allowing the wireless communication section to maintain the connection in a case where the wireless connection section is connected to the appropriate access point; and a delivery requesting section for transmitting a delivery request for the imaging order to the imaging order managing device through the wireless communication section in a state where the wireless communication section is connected to the appropriate access point.