Patent ID: 8982204
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,G16H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An inspection management apparatus for managing an examination performed in a capsule endoscopic system including a receiving device that receives image data from a capsule endoscope and stores the image data, the inspection management apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores a predictive transfer time which is a first predictive time needed to transfer the image data from the receiving device to the inspection management apparatus, and a predictive image processing time which is a second predictive time needed to perform image processing on the image data and set for each type of image processing; an input unit that receives input of a first scheduled start date and time of the examination and a second scheduled start date and time of observation; an image processing unit that performs image processing on the image data; a schedule generation unit that, based on the first scheduled start date and time of the examination, the second scheduled start date and time of observation, the predictive transfer time, and the predictive image processing time, calculates an image transfer start date and time which is a date and time at which transfer of the image data from the receiving device to the inspection management apparatus is started, and calculates an image processing start date and time which is a date and time at which image processing is started on an image corresponding to the image data that the transfer has been started on the image transfer start date and time; and a control unit that starts acquisition of the image data transmitted from the receiving device when the image transfer start date and time comes, and causes, when the image processing start date and time comes, the image processing unit to perform specified image processing on the image data that the transfer has been started on the image transfer start date and time.