US 12,478,341 B2
Intra-oral imaging system and imaging apparatus
Shigehiro Kitamura, Hamamatsu (JP); and Kazuhisa Miyaguchi, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Shizuoka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/267,911
Filed by HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 4, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/000046
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/172646, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-020625 (JP), filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057961 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/51 (2024.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/512 (2024.01) [A61B 6/425 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intra-oral imaging system, comprising:
an imaging device that detects radiation transmitted through an object while being placed in an oral cavity; and
a control device electrically connected to the imaging device,
wherein the imaging device includes:
an imager that detects the radiation;
a controller that is configured to be communicable with the control device and controls the imager; and
a case in which the imager and the controller are housed,
wherein the control device is disposed outside the case,
the imager performs first detection for detecting the radiation in order to acquire an image of the object and second detection for detecting the radiation in order to monitor a dose of the radiation,
the controller transmits a first signal and a second signal to the control device, the first signal acquired by the first detection and the second signal acquired by the second detection,
the control device receives the first signal and the second signal and transmits a control command to the controller, the control command generated based on the second signal, and
the controller receives the control command and controls the imager according to the control command.