A receiving apparatus for receiving information transmitted wirelessly from a capsule endoscope for insertion into a subject and capturing an in-vivo image of the subject, the receiving apparatus comprising: an operation input unit that is adapted to accept input of information in the receiving apparatus; a display unit that displays information related to an examination using the capsule endoscope, a memory that is adapted to record examination flow information containing contents of a series of processes that are executed or confirmed by a health care professional or a patient in the examination and operation modes of operating the receiving apparatus by the health care professional or the patient to execute or confirm the respective processes in the series of processes; and a control unit (210, 250) that is adapted to control control operations of the receiving apparatus, wherein the control unit (210, 250) includes: an examination flow management unit that is adapted to control a flow of a series of processes in the examination based on the examination flow information recorded in the memory, characterised by further comprising an operation mode setting unit that is adapted to extract from the examination flow information an operation mode associated with a process in a current examination flow controlled by the examination flow management unit, and to switch an operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a health care professional operation mode in which the health care professional executes or confirms the processes by operating the receiving apparatus and a patient operation mode in which the patient executes or confirms the processes by operating the receiving apparatus in accordance with the extracted operation mode, and to control the operations of the receiving apparatus in accordance with progress of the examination flow for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit. an operation input unit that is adapted to accept input of information in the receiving apparatus; a display unit that displays information related to an examination using the capsule endoscope, a memory that is adapted to record examination flow information containing contents of a series of processes that are executed or confirmed by a health care professional or a patient in the examination and operation modes of operating the receiving apparatus by the health care professional or the patient to execute or confirm the respective processes in the series of processes; and a control unit (210, 250) that is adapted to control control operations of the receiving apparatus, wherein the control unit (210, 250) includes: an examination flow management unit that is adapted to control a flow of a series of processes in the examination based on the examination flow information recorded in the memory, characterised by further comprising an operation mode setting unit that is adapted to extract from the examination flow information an operation mode associated with a process in a current examination flow controlled by the examination flow management unit, and to switch an operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a health care professional operation mode in which the health care professional executes or confirms the processes by operating the receiving apparatus and a patient operation mode in which the patient executes or confirms the processes by operating the receiving apparatus in accordance with the extracted operation mode, and to control the operations of the receiving apparatus in accordance with progress of the examination flow for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit. an examination flow management unit that is adapted to control a flow of a series of processes in the examination based on the examination flow information recorded in the memory, characterised by further comprising an operation mode setting unit that is adapted to extract from the examination flow information an operation mode associated with a process in a current examination flow controlled by the examination flow management unit, and to switch an operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a health care professional operation mode in which the health care professional executes or confirms the processes by operating the receiving apparatus and a patient operation mode in which the patient executes or confirms the processes by operating the receiving apparatus in accordance with the extracted operation mode, and to control the operations of the receiving apparatus in accordance with progress of the examination flow for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit.