Patent ID: 8225209

Claim:
A capsule endoscope image display device for storing, in a recording device, image information of a plurality of images obtained by being captured in a plurality of positions within a body to be examined over an elapse of time by an image capturing device introduced into the body to be examined, for reading the image information from the recording device, and for displaying the read image information on a display screen, comprising: image displaying means for displaying a capsule endoscope image; thumbnail generating means for generating a thumbnail of an image to be focused on from the capsule endoscope image; thumbnail storing means for recording the generated thumbnail in the recording device; report creating means for creating a report of a capsule endoscope examination; report storing means for storing the created report in the recording device; search screen displaying means for displaying a search character input window on the display screen; search character inputting means for inputting a character in the search character input window; thumbnail searching means for searching for a thumbnail to which a comment including a same character as the character input in the search character input window has been added, or which includes supplementary information including the same character; thumbnail listing display means for displaying a listing of thumbnails searched for by the thumbnail searching means on the display screen; report searching means for searching for a report including the same character as the character input in the search character input window, or which includes supplementary information including the same character; and report listing displaying means for displaying a listing of reports searched for by the report searching means on the display screen.