Patent ID: 8328713

Claim:
A capsule medical device comprising: a casing having a capsule shape; a light-detecting section, disposed in the casing, for detecting information about the intensity of light from outside the casing; an information-acquiring section for acquiring examination site information from an examination site positioned outside the casing; a determination section for determining whether or not to acquire, store, or transmit, to the outside, the examination site information acquired by the information-acquiring section on the basis of the information about the intensity of the light detected by the light-detecting section; an examination-site identifying section for identifying the examination site; and a threshold-changing section for changing a predetermined threshold depending on the type of examination site identified by the examination-site identifying section, wherein the determination section determines that the examination site information is to be acquired, stored, or transmitted to the outside if the information about the intensity of the light detected by the light-detecting section exceeds the predetermined threshold.