US 12,274,420 B2
Medical system, communication method, imaging device, information processing device, and endoscope system
Takayoshi Hirai, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); Shinji Katsuki, Tokyo (JP); and Motoaki Kobayashi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/615,957
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/021968
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/250776, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-108699 (JP), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322921 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 1/042 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00016 (2013.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
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1. A medical system, comprising:
a first insertion aid that includes a first communication circuit; and
an endoscope that includes:
an insertion part insertable into a living body via the first insertion aid;
a sensor that is one of inside the insertion part or connectable to the insertion part,
wherein the sensor is configured to:
obtain data related to the living body; and
output a first sensor signal that includes the data;
a second communication circuit; and
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to select a communication path of the first sensor signal from a first communication path that passes through the first communication circuit and a second communication path that does not pass through the first communication circuit, wherein
the selection of the communication path is based on at least one of
a communication state between the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, or
a distance between the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and
the second communication circuit is configured to transmit, based on the selected communication path, the first sensor signal by wireless communication.