Patent ID: 8303486

Claim:
A capsule-type endoscope system, comprising: a plurality of receivers each for receiving, from a capsule-type endoscope by way of a wireless communication, image data of an observation image of inside of a body of an examinee imaged by the capsule-type endoscope; a plurality of mounting spots for respectively mounting the plurality of receivers; and an information processing apparatus connected to the plurality of receivers by way of the respective mounting spots, wherein each of the plurality of receivers comprises a first storage unit and a first display unit, the first storage unit stores the received image data and examinee identification information identifying the examinee, the first display unit displays the examinee identification information or examinee information about the examinee that is associated with the examinee identification information, the information processing apparatus comprises: a management unit for receiving the examinee identification information from each of the plurality of receivers by way of each of the plurality of mounting spots and managing correlation between the received examinee identification information and receiver identification information identifying the receiver or mounting spot identification information identifying the mounting spot on which the receiver is mounted, a second storage unit, and a second display unit, the image data is transmitted to the information processing apparatus by way of each of the plurality of mounting spots and stored in the second storage unit, the second display unit displays the correlation by displaying at least a part of the examinee identification information displayed on the first display unit or a part of the examinee information displayed on the first display unit, and the second display unit further displays a progress of the transmission of the image data corresponding to each of the plurality of receivers.