IP Library Granted Patent US 10,098,598
Granted Patent B2
US 10,098,598 · App. 15/247,253 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

X-ray imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same

Inventors: Ho Jun Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Ju Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Se Hui Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Seung-Hoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Si Won Park (Suwon-si, KR); Phill Gu Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Duhgoon Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Myung Jin Chung (Seoul, KR); Do Hyeong Hwang (Seoul, KR); Sung Jin Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,098,598
App. No.
15/247,253
Filed
Aug 25, 2016
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2884
USPC
378/98.5
Abstract

An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging device that captures a camera image of a target, a controller that stitches a plurality of X-ray images of a plurality of divided regions to generate one X-ray image of the target, and a display that displays a setting window providing a graphical user interface for receiving a setting of an X-ray irradiation condition for the divided regions, and displays the camera image in which positions of the divided regions are displayed.

Claims (23)

1. An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising:

an imaging device configured to capture a camera image;

a controller configured to stitch a plurality of X-ray images of respective divided regions to generate one X-ray image; and

a display configured to display a setting window, which provides a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to receive a selection input of a setting of an X-ray irradiation condition for the respective divided regions, and to display the camera image, on which positions of the respective divided regions are displayed,

wherein the setting window comprises a plurality of GUIs that are interoperatively matched with the respective divided regions displayed on the camera image.

2. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to display divided windows that show the positions of the respective divided regions by overlaying the divided windows on the camera image.

3. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the display is further configured to display the setting window and the camera image on which the divided windows are overlaid to be interoperative with the setting window.

4. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, in response to one of the respective divided regions being selected, the display is further configured to activate the GUI for receiving a setting of the X-ray irradiation condition for the selected divided region, display the GUI on the setting window, and display a certain position of the selected divided region on the camera image.

5. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the display is further configured to display identification tags corresponding to the respective divided regions on the setting window, and, in response to one of the identification tags being selected, activate the GUI for receiving a setting of the X-ray irradiation condition for one of the respective divided regions corresponding to the one of the identification tags which has been selected.

6. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the display is further configured to display, on the camera image, a certain position of the one of the respective divided regions corresponding to the one of the identification tags that has been selected.

7. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the display is further configured to display, on the divided windows displayed on the camera image, a set of identification tags each respectively matching the identification tags displayed on the setting window.

8. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 3 , wherein, in response to one of the divided windows displayed on the camera image being selected, the display is further configured to activate the GUI for receiving a setting of the X-ray irradiation condition for one of the respective divided regions corresponding to the one of the divided windows which has been selected.

9. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the display is further configured to display a graphical object for receiving the setting of the X-ray irradiation condition by overlaying the graphical object on the camera image, and display the GUI on the setting window by synchronizing the GUI with a command input via the graphical object displayed on the camera image.

10. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display is further configured to display a top line showing a top boundary of an entire stitching region, which includes the respective divided regions, and a bottom line showing a bottom boundary of the entire stitching region, on the camera image.

11. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the display is further configured to display the top line and the bottom line at certain positions corresponding to a selected protocol for an X-ray imaging of a target.

12. The X-ray imaging apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the display is further configured to display the bottom line at a lower end portion of the camera image.

13. A method for controlling an X-ray imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

capturing a camera image;

receiving a selection related to a stitching region including divided regions, via the camera image; and

displaying a setting window, which provides a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to receive a selection input of a setting of X-ray irradiation conditions for the divided regions, and the camera image on which positions of the divided regions are displayed,

wherein the setting window comprises a plurality of GUIs that are interoperatively matched with the respective divided regions displayed on the camera image.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the displaying includes:

displaying the positions of the divided regions by overlaying graphical windows on the camera image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2016
From: LEE, HO JUN; KIM, JU HWAN; KIM, SE HUI; KIM, SEUNG-HOON; PARK, SI WON; JUNG, PHILL GU; LEE, DUHGOON; CHUNG, MYUNG JIN; HWANG, DO HYEONG; PARK, SUNG JIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2015-0119878 · Aug 25, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0120581 · Aug 26, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0108198 · Aug 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 14831175 · Aug 20, 2015
Continuation 13917121 · Jun 13, 2013
Continuation 15247253
Continuation In Part 14838870 · Aug 28, 2015
Related Publication 20160361035A1 · Dec 15, 2016
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