IP Library Granted Patent US 12,478,284
Granted Patent B2
US 12,478,284 · App. 18/398,590 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Radiography apparatus provided with camera and image processing method

Inventors: Koichiro Suzuki (Chiba, JP); Tadashi Nakamura (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
A61B5/1106G06T7/246G06T2207/30196
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Patent No.
US 12,478,284
App. No.
18/398,590
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiography apparatus is provided in which a doctor can recognize wear-off of anesthesia without interrupting an operation of an endoscope or the like. With the radiography apparatus, images of a plurality of parts of a subject are extracted from an image captured by a camera to calculate a movement amount for each part. The calculated movement amount for each part is weighted with a weight that is determined in advance for each of the plurality of parts, and in a case in which the movement amount after the weighting exceeds a predetermined threshold value, an operator is notified that the movement amount after the weighting exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

Claims (31)

1 . A radiography apparatus provided with a camera, the radiography apparatus comprising:

a top plate on which a subject is placed;

a radiation source that irradiates the subject with radiation;

a radiation detector that detects the radiation applied from the radiation source and is transmitted through the subject;

a camera that images the subject; and

a movement amount calculation unit that processes an image captured by the camera to calculate a movement amount of the subject,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit extracts images of a plurality of predetermined parts of the subject from the image captured by the camera to calculate a movement amount for each part, weights the calculated movement amount for each part with a weight that is determined in advance for each of the plurality of parts, and notifies, in a case in which the movement amount after the weighting exceeds a predetermined threshold value, an operator that the movement amount after the weighting exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

2 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit detects movement of parts of a head, a trunk, an arm, and a foot of the subject as the plurality of parts of the subject, and

the weights used for weighting have a relationship of a weight value of a movement amount of the foot>a weight value of a movement amount of the head≥a weight value of a movement amount of the trunk≥a weight value of a movement amount of the arm.

3 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit corrects the weight in accordance with at least one of a height of the subject currently placed on the top plate or a predetermined indicator indicating a size of a body of the subject.

4 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit calculates a height of the subject or an indicator indicating a size of a body of the subject by using the image of the subject captured by the camera.

5 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit issues, for realizing the notification to the operator, an alarm sound from a connected speaker.

6 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit displays, for realizing the notification to the operator, a map in which the movement amount of the part multiplied by the weight is represented by a color or an image of a measurer in which the movement amount multiplied by the weight is represented, on a display device.

7 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a mechanism unit that moves a position of the top plate,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit interrupts the calculation of the movement amount in a case in which it is detected that the mechanism unit is in operation.

8 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a mechanism unit that moves a position of the top plate,

wherein the movement amount calculation unit corrects the movement amount calculated for the part in accordance with a moving amount of the top plate in a case in which it is detected that the mechanism unit moves the top plate.

9 . The radiography apparatus provided with a camera according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a support portion that supports the radiation source,

wherein the camera is provided on the support portion.

10 . An image processing method of a radiography apparatus provided with a camera, the image processing method comprising:

a step of extracting images of a plurality of predetermined parts of a subject from an image captured by the camera to calculate a movement amount for each of the plurality of parts;

a step of weighting the calculated movement amount for each part with a weight that is determined in advance for each of the plurality of parts; and

a step of notifying, in a case in which the movement amount after the weighting exceeds a predetermined threshold value, an operator that the movement amount after the weighting exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2024
From: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068807/0625 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: SUZUKI, KOICHIRO; NAKAMURA, TADASHI
To: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065972/0104 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-006065 · Jan 18, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240237920A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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